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Shimmer vs Highlighter - What's the difference?

shimmer | highlighter |

As nouns the difference between shimmer and highlighter

is that shimmer is a faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer while highlighter is a marker pen used to highlight text.

As a verb shimmer

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

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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    highlighter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A marker pen used to highlight text.
  • That which highlights or emphasizes something.
  • * Samir Chopra, Brave New Pitch
    • The IPL was supposed to be a symbol of an ever-more influential, dynamic and prosperous India, a highlighter of its organizational skills and wealth.
  • * 2011 , Dani Cavallaro, The Fairy Tale and Anime (page 147)
    • At the same time, art rooted in nature is eminently ephemeral, as human life itself is, and fairy lore again operates as a highlighter of this essential condition through its own distinctive world picture

    External links

    * (wikipedia "highlighter")