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Vivid vs Incandescent - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between vivid and incandescent

is that vivid is a felt-tipped permanent marker while incandescent is an incandescent lamp or bulb.

As adjectives the difference between vivid and incandescent

is that vivid is clear, detailed or powerful while incandescent is emitting light as a result of being heated.

vivid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
  • (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}
  • Full of life, strikingly alive.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=32 citation , passage=The vivid , untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.}}

    Derived terms

    * vividness * vividly

    Related terms

    * devive * revive * survive * viable * vital

    External links

    * * ----

    incandescent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • emitting light as a result of being heated
  • shining very brightly
  • * '>citation
  • showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.

    • Related terms

    * incandescence * incandescently

    Derived terms

    * incandescent lamp

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An lamp or bulb
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=March 1, author=Matthew L. Wald, title=Room to Improve, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Compact fluorescents are typically rated at 7,500 to 10,000 hours, and incandescents at about 1,500 hours. }}

    See also

    * fluorescent ----