Shining vs Shiny - What's the difference?
shining | shiny |
Emitting light.
*
, title= Reflecting light.
Having a high polish or sheen.
Having exceptional merit.
Reflecting light.
* :
Emitting light.
(colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
(obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
* (rfdate) (Dryden)
* The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)
(informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.
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)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)shiny
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Bender: Bite my shiny metal ass!
- Like distant thunder on a shiny day.
- 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.