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Iridescent vs Fluorescent - What's the difference?

iridescent | fluorescent |

As adjectives the difference between fluorescent and iridescent

is that fluorescent is of or relating to fluorescence while iridescent is producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.

As a noun fluorescent

is a fluorescent light.

iridescent

English

(iridescence)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
  • Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.

    • Derived terms

    * iridesce * iridescence * iridescently

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -escent ----

    fluorescent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to fluorescence
  • Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence
    • The fluorescent plants shimmered in the darkness.
  • Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.
    • The quality of fluorescent lighting technology has improved dramatically in recent years.
  • Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid
    • Her shirt was fluorescent orange.

    Derived terms

    * fluorescent lamp * fluorescent tag * green fluorescent protein

    Related terms

    * fluorophore

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fluorescent light
    • The fluorescents hummed day and night.

    See also

    * incandescent