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Noctilucous vs Noctilucent - What's the difference?

noctilucous | noctilucent |

As adjectives the difference between noctilucous and noctilucent

is that noctilucous is shining in the night; luminescent while noctilucent is shining or glowing at night, especially of very high-altitude clouds that reflect sunlight long after sunset.

noctilucous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Shining in the night; luminescent.
    • noctilucous plankton
    (luminescent) * French: (trans-mid) (trans-bottom) (Webster 1913)

    noctilucent

    English

    (noctilucent cloud)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (meteorology) Shining or glowing at night, especially of very high-altitude clouds that reflect sunlight long after sunset.