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Lovely vs Sparkling - What's the difference?

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Lovely is a related term of sparkling.


As adjectives the difference between lovely and sparkling

is that lovely is beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner or lovely can be worthy to be praised while sparkling is of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.

As nouns the difference between lovely and sparkling

is that lovely is an attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty while sparkling is act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.

As a verb sparkling is

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lovely

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lovely, luvelich, lufli, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(er)
  • Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
  • It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.
    The music box plays a lovely melody.
    The castle garden enchants visitors with its lovely blooms.
  • * Robert of Brunne
  • Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely .
  • Very nice, wonderful.
  • It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.
  • (obsolete) Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
  • * Shakespeare
  • a most lovely gentlemanlike man
  • (obsolete) Loving, filled with love.
  • * Chaucer
  • Many a lovely look on them he cast.
  • * Shakespeare
  • a lovely kiss
    Synonyms
    * lovable * lovesome * loving
    Derived terms
    * lovelily * loveliness

    Noun

    (lovelies)
  • An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
  • a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis
  • Goodbye, my lovely .
  • A lovely object. (rfex)
  • Synonyms
    * pretty, darling

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) lovely, loflik, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Worthy to be praised.
  • Anagrams

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    sparkling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
  • Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
  • Brilliant and vivacious.
  • * '>citation
  • Synonyms

    * glistening, twinkling * (of a beverage) fizzy, carbonated

    Antonyms

    * (of a beverage) noncarbonated, still

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
  • * Nathaniel John Hollingsworth
  • Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.
  • A sparkling wine.
  • * 2011 , Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)
  • Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.