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Phosphorescent vs Candescent - What's the difference?

phosphorescent | candescent |

As adjectives the difference between phosphorescent and candescent

is that phosphorescent is having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, eg, in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes while candescent is glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.

As a noun phosphorescent

is a phosphorescent substance.

phosphorescent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.
  • * 1961 , William S. Burroughs, The Soft Machine , page 11
  • So he imports this special breed of scorpions and feeds them on metal meal and the scorpions turned a phosphorescent blue color and sort of hummed.

    Derived terms

    *phosphorescence *phosphorescently

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A phosphorescent substance.
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    candescent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent