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Shimmer vs Flickering - What's the difference?

shimmer | flickering |

As verbs the difference between shimmer and flickering

is that shimmer is to shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer while flickering is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between shimmer and flickering

is that shimmer is a faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer while flickering is a short, uncertain burst.

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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    flickering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short, uncertain burst.
    • Even after the acrimonious breakup, she still felt flickerings of love for him.