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Glint vs Streak - What's the difference?

glint | streak |

As nouns the difference between glint and streak

is that glint is a short flash of light while streak is an irregular line left from smearing or motion.

As verbs the difference between glint and streak

is that glint is to flash briefly while streak is to have or obtain streaks.

glint

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short flash of light.
  • I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To flash briefly.
  • To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
  • (Robert Burns)

    streak

    English

    (wikipedia streak)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
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  • A continuous series of like events.
  • The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
  • A moth of the family Geometridae .
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  • A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
  • (shipbuilding) A strake.
  • A rung or round of a ladder.
  • Derived terms

    * streak of good luck

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To have or obtain streaks.
  • If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.
  • (slang) To run naked in public.
  • It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.
  • To create streaks.
  • You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.
  • To move very swiftly.
  • (obsolete, UK, Scotland) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
  • See also

    * losing streak * streaker * winning streak * talk a blue streak

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