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Neon vs Glow - What's the difference?

neon | glow |

As nouns the difference between neon and glow

is that neon is the chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10 while glow is the state of a glowing object.

As an adjective neon

is extremely bright; fluorescent.

As a verb glow is

to give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated.

neon

English

(wikipedia neon)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10.
  • (countable) A form or sample of the element.
  • (uncountable) neon signs, collectively.
  • (countable) a neon tetra fish

    • Derived terms

    (terms derived from neon) * * * * neon fish * neon lamp * neon light * neon lighting * neon sign * neon tetra

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a color) Extremely bright; fluorescent.

    • Anagrams

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    glow

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated.
  • To radiate some emotional quality like light.
  • * Dryden
    • With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows .
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Burns with one love, with one resentment glows .
  • To gaze especially passionately at something.
  • To radiate thermal heat.
  • To shine brightly and steadily.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
  • To make hot; to flush.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Fans, whose wind did seem / To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool.
  • To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
  • * Addison
    • Did not his temples glow / In the same sultry winds and scorching heats?
  • * John Gay
    • The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of a glowing object.
  • * 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2
    • The door of the twins' room opposite was open; a twenty-watt night-light threw a weak yellow glow into the passageway. David could hear the twins breathing in time with each other.
  • The condition of being passionate or having warm feelings.
  • The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one's face).
    • He had a bright red glow on his face.

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