Radiance vs Twinkle - What's the difference?
radiance | twinkle |
the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid
(physics) the flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source
(of a source of light) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer
* Sir Isaac Newton
* Sir Walter Scott
(chiefly, of eyes) to be bright with delight
to bat, blink or wink the eyes
* Mrs. Juliet M. Hueffer Soskice, "Reminiscences of an Artist's Granddaughter",
* L'Estrange
to flit to and fro
* Dorothy Gilman, "Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle"
a sparkle or glimmer of light
* Robert De Beaugrande, "Text, Discourse, and Process",
a sparkle of delight in the eyes.
a flitting movement
* James Russell Lowell, "Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell",
As nouns the difference between radiance and twinkle
is that radiance is the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid while twinkle is a sparkle or glimmer of light.As a verb twinkle is
(of a source of light) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.radiance
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Noun
(wikipedia radiance)- Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. — Milton.
twinkle
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Verb
(en-verb)- We could see the lights of the village twinkling in the distance.
- These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures.
- The western sky twinkled with stars.
- His shrewd little eyes twinkled roguishly.
- She smiled and gave a little nod and twinkled her eyes
- The owl fell a moping and twinkling .
- A butterfly twinkled among the vines
Synonyms
* glimmer * scintillate * winkNoun
(en noun)- Soon the rocket was out of sight, and the flame was only seen as a tiny twinkle of light.
- He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.
- I saw the twinkle of white feet,