Shiny vs Velvety - What's the difference?
shiny | velvety |
Reflecting light.
* :
Emitting light.
(colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
(obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
* (rfdate) (Dryden)
* The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)
(informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.
Like velvet (but not velvet); soft, smooth, soothing. Not necessarily restricted to the sense of touch.
As adjectives the difference between shiny and velvety
is that shiny is reflecting light while velvety is like velvet (but not velvet); soft, smooth, soothing not necessarily restricted to the sense of touch.As a noun shiny
is (informal) anything shiny; a trinket.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.
Derived terms
* shininessNoun
(shinies)velvety
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- ''The mouse was a warm, velvety weight in my hand.
- The crooner had a velvety voice that made the ladies swoon.