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Shimmer vs Bronzer - What's the difference?

shimmer | bronzer |

As nouns the difference between shimmer and bronzer

is that shimmer is a faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer while bronzer is a cosmetic product intended to give the skin a temporary bronzed colour resembling a suntan.

As a verb shimmer

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

As an adjective bronzer is

(rare) (bronze).

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.

    • References

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    bronzer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cosmetic product intended to give the skin a temporary bronzed colour resembling a suntan.
  • * 1981 , Mario Badescu, Mario Badescu's Skin Care Program for Men
    • Bronzers , you see, contain alcohol, which can't help but be drying to the skin.
  • * 1984 , Toni Stabile, Everything you want to know about cosmetics
    • Some men were turning up with their faces covered with "bronzers " that made them look jaundiced, mottled terra cotta, or muddy brown.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (rare) (bronze)
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