Sparkling vs Resplendent - What's the difference?
sparkling | resplendent | Related terms |
Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
Brilliant and vivacious.
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Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
* Nathaniel John Hollingsworth
A sparkling wine.
* 2011 , Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)
Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
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Sparkling is a related term of resplendent.
As adjectives the difference between sparkling and resplendent
is that sparkling is of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks while resplendent is shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.As a verb sparkling
is .As a noun sparkling
is act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.sparkling
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* glistening, twinkling * (of a beverage) fizzy, carbonatedAntonyms
* (of a beverage) noncarbonated, stillNoun
(en noun)- Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.
- Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.
resplendent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}