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Illuminant vs Illuminator - What's the difference?

illuminant | illuminator |

As nouns the difference between illuminant and illuminator

is that illuminant is something that illuminates while illuminator is agent noun of illuminate; one who illuminates; an explainer.

illuminant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that illuminates.
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    illuminator

    English

    Alternative forms

    * illuminatour (qualifier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of illuminate; one who illuminates; an explainer.
  • An artist who adds illustrations and decorations to illuminated manuscripts(w).
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    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses , passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, English agent nouns ----