Irradiate vs Luminesce - What's the difference?
irradiate | luminesce |
To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
* Sir W. Jones
To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate.
* Bishop George Bull
To animate by heat or light.
To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
* H. James
To emit rays; to shine.
To treat (food) with ionizing radiation in order to destroy bacteria
Illuminated; irradiated; made brilliant or splendid.
To give off light, including in the invisible electromagnetic radiation frequencies, or become luminescent.
:Phosphorus will only begin to luminesce at a certain small pressure of oxygen.
As verbs the difference between irradiate and luminesce
is that irradiate is to throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster while luminesce is to give off light, including in the invisible electromagnetic radiation frequencies, or become luminescent.As an adjective irradiate
is illuminated; irradiated; made brilliant or splendid.irradiate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Thy smile irradiates yon blue fields.
- to irradiate the mind
- And indeed we ought, in these happy intervals, when our understandings are thus irradiated and enlightened, to make a judgment of the state and condition of our souls in the sight of God
- a splendid facade, irradiating hospitality