Shiny vs Shimmering - What's the difference?
shiny | shimmering | Related terms |
Reflecting light.
* :
Emitting light.
(colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
(obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
* (rfdate) (Dryden)
* The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)
(informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.
Shiny is a related term of shimmering.
As nouns the difference between shiny and shimmering
is that shiny is (informal) anything shiny; a trinket while shimmering is a gleam or glimmer.As an adjective shiny
is reflecting light.As a verb shimmering is
.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.