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Ruddy vs Luminescent - What's the difference?

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Ruddy is a related term of luminescent.


As adjectives the difference between ruddy and luminescent

is that ruddy is reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky while luminescent is emitting light by luminescence.

As a noun ruddy

is (informal) ruddy duck.

As a verb ruddy

is to make reddish in colour.

ruddy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
  • (British, slang) A mild intensifier.
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    • Synonyms

    * (reddish in color) rosy * (intensifier) bally, bleeding, blimming, bloody, blooming * See also

    See also

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    Noun

    (ruddies)
  • (informal) ruddy duck
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 4, author=Deborah Baldwin, title=Close to Nature, and the Airport, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In winter, snow geese land at West Pond, a Robert Moses legacy that ought to be called Duck Soup: at this time of year look for ruddies , greater scaups, Northern pintails, American widgeons and gadwalls. }}

    Verb

  • To make reddish in colour.
    • The sunset ruddied our faces.
    (Sir Walter Scott)
    English intensifiers

    luminescent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • emitting light by luminescence

    • Related terms

    * bioluminescent * luminesce ----