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Shining vs Glowing - What's the difference?

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Glowing is a synonym of shining.



As adjectives the difference between shining and glowing

is that shining is emitting light while glowing is that glows or glow.

As verbs the difference between shining and glowing

is that shining is present participle of lang=en while glowing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between shining and glowing

is that shining is a bright emission of light; a gleam while glowing is the action of the verb glow.

shining

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Emitting light.
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  • Reflecting light.
  • Having a high polish or sheen.
  • Having exceptional merit.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bright emission of light; a gleam.

    • glowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia glowing) (en noun)
  • The action of the verb glow.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That glows or glow.
    • glowing embers
  • (figuratively) Full of praise.
    • He received glowing references from his previous employers.

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