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Shining vs Lucid - What's the difference?

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Shining is a related term of lucid.


As adjectives the difference between shining and lucid

is that shining is emitting light while lucid is clear; easily understood.

As nouns the difference between shining and lucid

is that shining is a bright emission of light; a gleam while lucid is a lucid dream.

As a verb shining

is .

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.
  • lucid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • clear; easily understood
  • * '>citation
  • mentally rational; sane
  • bright, luminous, translucent or transparent
  • Synonyms

    * clear * coherent * fluent * pellucid * perspicuous * straightforward * see-through * transparent

    Derived terms

    * lucid dream * lucidity (noun) * lucidly (adverb)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lucid dream.
  • * 1986 , Benjamin B. Wolman, Montague Ullman, Handbook of states of consciousness (page 163)
  • The day before nightmare-initiated lucids , subjects reported more depressed feelings

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