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Radiance vs Magnificence - What's the difference?

radiance | magnificence |

As nouns the difference between radiance and magnificence

is that radiance is the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid while magnificence is grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor.

radiance

English

Noun

(wikipedia radiance)
  • the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid
    • Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. — Milton.
  • (physics) the flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source

    • magnificence

    English

    Noun

  • grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor
  • The act of doing what magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
  • impressiveness