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Shining vs Shiny - What's the difference?

shining | shiny |

As adjectives the difference between shining and shiny

is that shining is emitting light while shiny is reflecting light.

As nouns the difference between shining and shiny

is that shining is a bright emission of light; a gleam while shiny is anything shiny; a trinket.

As a verb shining

is present participle of lang=en.

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.
  • shiny

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Reflecting light.
  • * :
  • Bender: Bite my shiny metal ass!
  • Emitting light.
  • (colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
  • (obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
  • * (rfdate) (Dryden)
  • Like distant thunder on a shiny day.
  • * The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)
  • 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.

    Derived terms

    * shininess

    Noun

    (shinies)
  • (informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.