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Piercing vs Resplendent - What's the difference?

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Piercing is a related term of resplendent.


As a noun piercing

is body piercing.

As an adjective resplendent is

shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.

piercing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of the verb to pierce
  • A hole made in the body so that jewellery/jewelry can be worn through it
    • ear piercing
  • The jewelry itself

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Anything or anyone that pierces.
    • piercing eyes
    The piercing noise of the children could be heard two blocks from the elementary school.

    resplendent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
    • , chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}
  • (label) Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.

    • Related terms

    * resplend * splendid * splendor

    See also

    * resplendid (misspelling) ----