Shining vs Brightsome - What's the difference?
shining | brightsome |
Emitting light.
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, title= Reflecting light.
Having a high polish or sheen.
Having exceptional merit.
(archaic) Bright in appearance, shining.
* , The Jew of Malta , act 2:
* 1869 , , Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor , ch. 45:
* 1922 , , "The Wood Fire" in Late Lyrics and Earlier :
* 2008 , Paul S. Sunga, Red Dust, Red Sky , ISBN 9781550503708,
As adjectives the difference between shining and brightsome
is that shining is emitting light while brightsome is (archaic) bright in appearance, shining.As a verb shining
is .As a noun shining
is a bright emission of light; a gleam.shining
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining , and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
Verb
(head)brightsome
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- But rather let the brightsome heavens be dim,
- And nature's beauty choke with stifling clouds,
- Than my fair Abigail should frown on me.
- [A]ll the shifts of cloud and sun, all the difference between black death and brightsome liveliness, scarcely may suggest or equal Lorna's transformation.
- This is a brightsome blaze you've lit good friend, to-night!
p. 117:
- The few chairs and the low table had been stripped of paint to reveal the brightsome grain of pine wood.