Lovely vs Sparkling - What's the difference?
lovely | sparkling | Related terms |
Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
* Robert of Brunne
Very nice, wonderful.
(obsolete) Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Loving, filled with love.
* Chaucer
* Shakespeare
An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
A lovely object. (rfex)
Worthy to be praised.
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
Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
* Nathaniel John Hollingsworth
A sparkling wine.
* 2011 , Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)
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
.lovely
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lovely, luvelich, lufli, from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- 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.
- Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely .
- It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.
- a most lovely gentlemanlike man
- Many a lovely look on them he cast.
- a lovely kiss
Synonyms
* lovable * lovesome * lovingDerived terms
* lovelily * lovelinessNoun
(lovelies)- a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis
- Goodbye, my lovely .
Synonyms
* pretty, darlingEtymology 2
From (etyl) lovely, loflik, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Adjective
(en-adj)Anagrams
*sparkling
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* glistening, twinkling * (of a beverage) fizzy, carbonatedAntonyms
* (of a beverage) noncarbonated, stillNoun
(en noun)- Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.
- 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.