What is the difference between shininess and shiny?
shininess | shiny | Derived terms |
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
Reflecting light.
* :
Emitting light.
(colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
(obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
* (rfdate) (Dryden)
* The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)
(informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.
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
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Noun
(en-noun)shiny
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Adjective
(en-adj)- Bender: Bite my shiny metal ass!
- Like distant thunder on a shiny day.
- 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.