As adjectives the difference between shiny and glassy
is that
shiny is reflecting light while
glassy is of or like glass, in particular smooth and (somewhat) reflective.
As nouns the difference between shiny and glassy
is that
shiny is anything shiny; a trinket while
glassy is glass marble.
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.
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glassy English
Adjective
( er)
Of or like glass, in particular smooth and (somewhat) reflective.
Dull, expressionless
- ''Glassy eyes suggest a broken spirit
(surfing, of water, not comparable) Lacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat.
Derived terms
* glassily
* glassiness
Noun
(glassies)
(Ulster) glass marble
Alternative forms
* glasser
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