Illuminate vs Flashing - What's the difference?
illuminate | flashing |
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.
(roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.
The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf.
The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.
The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash ).
As verbs the difference between illuminate and flashing
is that illuminate is to shine light on something while flashing is present participle of lang=en.As nouns the difference between illuminate and flashing
is that illuminate is someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment while flashing is components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.As an adjective illuminate
is enlightened.illuminate
English
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 /
Synonyms
* *Derived terms
* transilluminate * illuminatorflashing
English
Noun
(en noun)- The incessant flashing of the neon sign kept the neighborhood awake.
