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Shimmer vs Lustrous - What's the difference?

shimmer | lustrous |

As a verb shimmer

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

As a noun shimmer

is a faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer.

As an adjective lustrous is

having a glow or lustre.

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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    lustrous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a glow or lustre.
  • As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant.