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Shimmering vs Luminescent - What's the difference?

shimmering | luminescent |

As a verb shimmering

is .

As a noun shimmering

is a gleam or glimmer.

As an adjective luminescent is

emitting light by luminescence.

shimmering

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gleam or glimmer.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)

    luminescent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • emitting light by luminescence

    • Related terms

    * bioluminescent * luminesce ----