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Glimmer vs Glimpse - What's the difference?

glimmer | glimpse |

Glimpse is a synonym of glimmer.



As nouns the difference between glimmer and glimpse

is that glimmer is a faint light; a dim glow while glimpse is a brief look, glance, or peek.

As verbs the difference between glimmer and glimpse

is that glimmer is to shine with a faint unsteady light while glimpse is to see or view briefly or incompletely.

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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    glimpse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A brief look, glance, or peek.
  • :
  • *(Samuel Rogers) (1763-1855)
  • *:Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen.
  • *
  • *:Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
  • A sudden flash.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:Light as the lightning glimpse they ran.
  • A faint idea; an inkling.

    • Verb

    (glimps)
  • To see or view briefly or incompletely.
    • I have only begun to glimpse the magnitude of the problem.
  • To appear by glimpses.
    • (Drayton)

    Synonyms

    * perceive, notice, detect, spot, catch sight of