Glitter vs Sequin - What's the difference?
glitter | sequin |
A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.
A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.
To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.
* Dryden
To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive.
(historical) Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.
* 1883:
A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.
As nouns the difference between glitter and sequin
is that glitter is a bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage while sequin is any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.As a verb glitter
is to sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.glitter
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- a glittering sword
- the glittering ornaments on a Christmas tree
- The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
- the glittering scenes of a court
Derived terms
* all that glitters is not goldsequin
English
Noun
(en noun)- English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins , the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pices stamped with what looked like wisps of string or its of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to ware them round your neck - nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection...