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Violent vs Glaring - What's the difference?

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Violent is a related term of glaring.


As adjectives the difference between violent and glaring

is that violent is involving extreme force or motion while glaring is reflecting with glare.

As verbs the difference between violent and glaring

is that violent is (archaic) to urge with violence while glaring is .

As nouns the difference between violent and glaring

is that violent is (obsolete) an assailant while glaring is the act of giving a glare.

violent

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Involving extreme force or motion.
    • A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.
  • Involving physical conflict.
    • We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if needed.
  • Likely to use physical force.
    • The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent .
  • Intensely vivid.
    • The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.
  • (obsolete) Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
  • * Shakespeare
    • These violent delights have violent ends.
  • * T. Burnet
    • No violent state can be perpetual.
  • * Milton
    • Ease would recant / Vows made in pain, as violent and void.

    Antonyms

    * peaceful

    Related terms

    * violence

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To urge with violence.
    • (Fuller)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An assailant.
    • ----

    glaring

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Reflecting with glare.
  • Blatant, obvious.
    • How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!

    Derived terms

    * glaringly * glaringness

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving a glare.
  • * (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick
    • Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!
  • (rare) A group of cats.
  • * 2010 , The Big Bang Theory , episode “ The Zazzy Substitution”
    • Leonard : You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats.
    Sheldon : Clowder.
    Leonard : What?
    Sheldon : A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring . It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.

    Synonyms

    * (group of cats) clowder

    Hyponyms

    * (group of cats) kindle (group of kittens) English collective nouns