Shimmer vs Irradiate - What's the difference?
shimmer | irradiate |
To shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer.
* Tennyson
To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.
* Sir W. Jones
To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate.
* Bishop George Bull
To animate by heat or light.
To radiate, shed, or diffuse.
* H. James
To emit rays; to shine.
To treat (food) with ionizing radiation in order to destroy bacteria
Illuminated; irradiated; made brilliant or splendid.
In lang=en terms the difference between shimmer and irradiate
is that shimmer is to shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer while irradiate is to treat (food) with ionizing radiation in order to destroy bacteria.As verbs the difference between shimmer and irradiate
is that shimmer is to shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer while irradiate is to throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.As a noun shimmer
is a faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer.As an adjective irradiate is
illuminated; irradiated; made brilliant or splendid.shimmer
English
(wikipedia shimmer)Verb
(en verb)- the shimmering glimpses of a stream
References
* *irradiate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Thy smile irradiates yon blue fields.
- to irradiate the mind
- And indeed we ought, in these happy intervals, when our understandings are thus irradiated and enlightened, to make a judgment of the state and condition of our souls in the sight of God
- a splendid facade, irradiating hospitality