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Brilliancy vs Shimmer - What's the difference?

brilliancy | shimmer | Synonyms |

Brilliancy is a synonym of shimmer.


As nouns the difference between brilliancy and shimmer

is that brilliancy is a shining quality; brilliance while shimmer is a faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer.

As a verb shimmer is

to shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer.

brilliancy

English

Noun

  • a shining quality; brilliance.
  • An act of being brilliant.
  • (label) A spectacular and beautiful game of chess, generally featuring sacrificial attacks and unexpected moves.

    • shimmer

    English

    (wikipedia shimmer)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer.
  • * Tennyson
    • the shimmering glimpses of a stream

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer.

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