Illuminate vs Brighten - What's the difference?
illuminate | brighten |
To shine light on something.
To decorate something with lights.
To clarify or make something understandable.
To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
(figurative) To make spectacular.
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To glow; to light up.
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To be exposed to light.
(military) To direct a (radar) beam toward.
(lb) To make bright or brighter in color.
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(lb) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:The present queen would brighten her character, if she would exert her authority to instill virtues into her people.
To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven
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*(Ambrose Philips) (1674-1749)
*:An ecstasy, which mothers only feel, / Plays round my heart and brightens all my sorrow.
(lb) To grow bright, or more bright in color; to clear up
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(lb) To become brighter or more cheerful in mood
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*:Then his sallow face brightened , for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean. ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
To make acute or witty; to enliven.
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In transitive terms the difference between illuminate and brighten
is that illuminate is to decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs while brighten is to make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to.In intransitive terms the difference between illuminate and brighten
is that illuminate is to be exposed to light while brighten is to become brighter or more cheerful in mood.As a noun illuminate
is someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.As an adjective illuminate
is enlightened.illuminate
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Verb
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- Red diode in button illuminates when camera runs at speed set in five-digit speed selector.
- Say my name / and every color illuminates. / We are shining /