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Smolder vs Glimmer - What's the difference?

smolder | glimmer |

As a verb smolder

is (us) to burn with no flame and little smoke.

As a noun glimmer is

mica.

smolder

English

Alternative forms

* smoulder (chiefly British)

Verb

(en verb)
  • (US) To burn with no flame and little smoke.
    • The remains of the bonfire were left to smolder for hours.
  • (figuratively) To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.

    • Anagrams

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    glimmer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A faint light; a dim glow.
    • The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.
  • A flash of light.
  • A faint or remote possibility.
    • A glimmer of hope.
  • (mineralogy, dated) mica

    • Synonyms

    * (flash of light) sparkle

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shine with a faint unsteady light.
    • The fireflies glimmered in the dark.
    the glimmering''' dawn; a '''glimmering lamp
  • * Shakespeare
    • The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.

    Synonyms

    * (shine with faint unsteady light) flicker, shimmer

    Noun

    (uncountable ) glimmer' (m) - ' glimmeren (singular definite)
  • (literary and formal) magnificence, glitter, tinsel, something that shines
    • Rikdommens glimmer
  • :: The tinsel of wealth
  • mica
    • Glimmer er et mineral som lett spaltes i tynne flak.
  • :: Mica is a mineral that easily separates into thin leaves

    • Derived terms

    * Lys glimmer = white mica (literally: "bright mica")

    Synonyms

    * glans, prakt, herlighet * , mica, mikanitt

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