Gleam vs Scintillate - What's the difference?
gleam | scintillate |
a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.
* Longfellow
a glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something.
brightness or shininess; splendor.
* Alexander Pope
To shine; to glitter; to glisten.
To be briefly but strongly apparent.
(obsolete, falconry) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.
To throw off like sparks.
As verbs the difference between gleam and scintillate
is that gleam is to shine; to glitter; to glisten while scintillate is to give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.As a noun gleam
is a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.gleam
English
Noun
(en noun)- A glimmer, and then a gleam of light.
- The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that they might still survive.
- In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen.