Shining vs Glistering - What's the difference?
shining | glistering |
Emitting light.
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, title= Reflecting light.
Having a high polish or sheen.
Having exceptional merit.
As adjectives the difference between shining and glistering
is that shining is emitting light while glistering is glistening, glittering, gleaming, shining.As verbs the difference between shining and glistering
is that shining is present participle of lang=en while glistering is present participle of lang=en.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.}}