Gleam vs Terms - What's the difference?
gleam | terms |
a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.
* Longfellow
a glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something.
brightness or shininess; splendor.
* Alexander Pope
To shine; to glitter; to glisten.
To be briefly but strongly apparent.
(obsolete, falconry) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
As nouns the difference between gleam and terms
is that gleam is a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light while terms is .As a verb gleam
is to shine; to glitter; to glisten.gleam
English
Noun
(en noun)- A glimmer, and then a gleam of light.
- The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that they might still survive.
- In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen.