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What is the difference between shininess and shiny?

shininess | shiny | Derived terms |

Shiny is a derived term of shininess.



As nouns the difference between shininess and shiny

is that shininess is the visual property of something shining with reflective light; shine while shiny is anything shiny; a trinket.

As an adjective shiny is

reflecting light.

shininess

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • the visual property of something shining with reflective light; shine
  • (computing) the coefficient of specular reflectivity associated with the surface of an object being displayed
  • shiny

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Reflecting light.
  • * :
  • Bender: Bite my shiny metal ass!
  • Emitting light.
  • (colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
  • (obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
  • * (rfdate) (Dryden)
  • Like distant thunder on a shiny day.
  • * The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)
  • When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire
    Full well I served my master for nigh on seven years
    Till I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear
    Oh, 'tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.

    Derived terms

    * shininess

    Noun

    (shinies)
  • (informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.