Radiant vs Refulgent - What's the difference?
radiant | refulgent |
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.
Resplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
(figuratively) As if giving off light or warmth.
As adjectives the difference between radiant and refulgent
is that radiant is radiating light and/or heat while refulgent is resplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.As a noun radiant
is a point source from which radiation is emitted.radiant
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(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----refulgent
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Adjective
(en adjective)- She had a refulgent smile.