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Shiny vs Metallic - What's the difference?

shiny | metallic |

As adjectives the difference between shiny and metallic

is that shiny is reflecting light while metallic is made of, appearing to be made of, resembling, or related to metal.

As nouns the difference between shiny and metallic

is that shiny is anything shiny; a trinket while metallic is a metallic color.

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.

    • metallic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * metallick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made of, appearing to be made of, resembling, or related to metal.

    • Derived terms

    * intermetallic * metallically * metallicity

    Related terms

    * metal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A color
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 24, author=Karin Nelson, title=Keeping Time in Cool Comfort, work=New York Times citation
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