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Luminescent vs Iridescent - What's the difference?

luminescent | iridescent |

As adjectives the difference between luminescent and iridescent

is that luminescent is emitting light by luminescence while iridescent is producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.

luminescent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • emitting light by luminescence

    • Related terms

    * bioluminescent * luminesce ----

    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 ----