Radiant vs Radiate - What's the difference?
radiant | radiate |
Radiating light and/or heat.
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Emitted as radiation.
Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
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*:His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?! You?! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
(lb) Giving off rays; said of a bearing.
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(lb) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
A point source from which radiation is emitted.
(astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
To emit rays or waves.
To come out or proceed in rays or waves.
* John Locke
To illuminate.
To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
to spread into new habitats, migrate.
Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.
Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
(botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
(biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
(zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.
In botany terms the difference between radiant and radiate
is that radiant is having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers while radiate is having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.As adjectives the difference between radiant and radiate
is that radiant is radiating light and/or heat while radiate is radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.As nouns the difference between radiant and radiate
is that radiant is a point source from which radiation is emitted while radiate is one of the Radiata.As a verb radiate is
to extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.radiant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----radiate
English
(radiation)Verb
(radiat)- The stove radiates heat.
- The heat radiates from a stove.
- Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.
Synonyms
* (to expose to radiation) irradiateDerived terms
* radiatorAdjective
(en adjective)- a radiate crystal