Glimmer vs Tremble - What's the difference?
glimmer | tremble |
A faint light; a dim glow.
A flash of light.
A faint or remote possibility.
(mineralogy, dated) mica
To shine with a faint unsteady light.
* Shakespeare
(literary and formal) magnificence, glitter, tinsel, something that shines
:: The tinsel of wealth
mica
:: Mica is a mineral that easily separates into thin leaves
To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
As a noun glimmer
is mica.As a verb tremble is
.glimmer
English
Noun
(en noun)- The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.
- A glimmer of hope.
Synonyms
* (flash of light) sparkleVerb
(en verb)- The fireflies glimmered in the dark.
- the glimmering''' dawn; a '''glimmering lamp
- The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.
Synonyms
* (shine with faint unsteady light) flicker, shimmerNoun
(uncountable ) glimmer' (m) - ' glimmeren (singular definite)- Rikdommens glimmer
- Glimmer er et mineral som lett spaltes i tynne flak.