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Glimmer vs Glister - What's the difference?

glimmer | glister |

As nouns the difference between glimmer and glister

is that glimmer is mica while glister is a brilliant flash; a glint or glister can be .

As a verb glister is

to gleam, glisten or coruscate.

glimmer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A faint light; a dim glow.
    • The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.
  • A flash of light.
  • A faint or remote possibility.
    • A glimmer of hope.
  • (mineralogy, dated) mica

    • Synonyms

    * (flash of light) sparkle

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shine with a faint unsteady light.
    • The fireflies glimmered in the dark.
    the glimmering''' dawn; a '''glimmering lamp
  • * Shakespeare
    • The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.

    Synonyms

    * (shine with faint unsteady light) flicker, shimmer

    Noun

    (uncountable ) glimmer' (m) - ' glimmeren (singular definite)
  • (literary and formal) magnificence, glitter, tinsel, something that shines
    • Rikdommens glimmer
  • :: The tinsel of wealth
  • mica
    • Glimmer er et mineral som lett spaltes i tynne flak.
  • :: Mica is a mineral that easily separates into thin leaves

    • Derived terms

    * Lys glimmer = white mica (literally: "bright mica")

    Synonyms

    * glans, prakt, herlighet * , mica, mikanitt

    References

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    glister

    English

    Etymology 1

    Old English glistren

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To gleam, glisten or coruscate
  • :All that glisters is not gold.'' Shakespeare, ''The Merchant of Venice (II, vii)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A brilliant flash; a glint

    • Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) glistere.

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

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