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Luminous vs Illustrious - What's the difference?

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Luminous is a related term of illustrious.


As adjectives the difference between luminous and illustrious

is that luminous is emitting light; glowing brightly while illustrious is dignified.

luminous

English

(wikipedia luminous)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • emitting light; glowing brightly
  • brightly illuminated

    • Synonyms

    * beamful

    Derived terms

    * luminous paint * luminosity

    illustrious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • dignified