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Gleaming vs Vivid - What's the difference?

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Gleaming is a related term of vivid.


As adjectives the difference between gleaming and vivid

is that gleaming is having a bright sheen while vivid is (of perception) clear, detailed or powerful.

As nouns the difference between gleaming and vivid

is that gleaming is a flash or reflected light while vivid is (new zealand) a felt-tipped permanent marker.

As a verb gleaming

is .

gleaming

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a bright sheen.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flash or reflected light.
  • Synonyms

    * shining, glowing, glinting

    Verb

    (head)
  • vivid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
  • (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}
  • Full of life, strikingly alive.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
  • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=32 citation , passage=The vivid , untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.}}

    Derived terms

    * vividness * vividly