Scintillate vs Glimmer - What's the difference?
scintillate | glimmer | Related terms |
To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.
To throw off like sparks.
A faint light; a dim glow.
A flash of light.
A faint or remote possibility.
(mineralogy, dated) mica
To shine with a faint unsteady light.
* Shakespeare
(literary and formal) magnificence, glitter, tinsel, something that shines
:: The tinsel of wealth
mica
:: Mica is a mineral that easily separates into thin leaves
In intransitive terms the difference between scintillate and glimmer
is that scintillate is to give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow while glimmer is to shine with a faint unsteady light.As a noun glimmer is
a faint light; a dim glow.scintillate
English
Verb
(scintillat)External links
* * * ----glimmer
English
Noun
(en noun)- The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.
- A glimmer of hope.
Synonyms
* (flash of light) sparkleVerb
(en verb)- The fireflies glimmered in the dark.
- the glimmering''' dawn; a '''glimmering lamp
- The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.
Synonyms
* (shine with faint unsteady light) flicker, shimmerNoun
(uncountable ) glimmer' (m) - ' glimmeren (singular definite)- Rikdommens glimmer
- Glimmer er et mineral som lett spaltes i tynne flak.