Glitter vs Winkle - What's the difference?
glitter | winkle |
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.
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To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive.
A periwinkle or its shell, of family .
Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species .
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(children's slang) The penis, especially that of a boy rather than that of a man.
to extract
As nouns the difference between glitter and winkle
is that glitter is a bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage while winkle is a periwinkle or its shell, of family family: Littorinidae.As verbs the difference between glitter and winkle
is that glitter is to sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam while winkle is to extract.glitter
English
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(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