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Spiniest vs Shiniest - What's the difference?

spiniest | shiniest |

As adjectives the difference between spiniest and shiniest

is that spiniest is (spiny) while shiniest is (shiny).

spiniest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (spiny)

    • spiny

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • covered in spines or thorns
  • troublesome; difficult or vexing
  • * Bishop Warburton
    • the spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy
  • Like a spine in shape; slender.
  • * Chapman
    • Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping.

    Synonyms

    * (covered in spines) thorny, prickly * (troublesome) thorny, prickly

    Noun

    (spinies)
    • (Webster 1913)

    Related terms

    * spine

    shiniest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (shiny)

    • 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.