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Glittering vs Sparkly - What's the difference?

glittering | sparkly |

As adjectives the difference between glittering and sparkly

is that glittering is brightly sparkling while sparkly is giving off sparks, or small flashes of light; glittery.

As a verb glittering

is .

As a noun glittering

is the appearance of something that glitters.

glittering

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Brightly sparkling.
  • *
  • *:It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
  • (lb) Valuable, desirable.
  • *1994 , (Nelson Mandela), (Long Walk to Freedom) , Abacus 2010, p.85:
  • *:Gaur was an example of a man without a BA who seemed infinitely better educated than the fellows who left Fort Hare with glittering degrees.

    • Synonyms

    * aglitter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The appearance of something that glitters.
  • * (John Locke)
    • Every man carries about him a touchstone, if he will make use of it, to distinguish substantial gold from superficial glitterings , truth from appearances.

    sparkly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • giving off sparks, or small flashes of light; glittery
  • lively and high-spirited
  • bubbly or effervescent