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Shimmer vs Scintillate - What's the difference?

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Shimmer is a related term of scintillate.


In lang=en terms the difference between shimmer and scintillate

is that shimmer is to shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer while scintillate is to throw off like sparks.

As verbs the difference between shimmer and scintillate

is that shimmer is to shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten; to glimmer while scintillate is to give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.

As a noun shimmer

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

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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    scintillate

    English

    Verb

    (scintillat)
  • To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.
  • To throw off like sparks.