Awesome vs. Brilliant — What's the Difference?

Extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring awe

Full of light; shining.

Inspiring awe

Relating to or being a hue that has a combination of high lightness and strong saturation.

Expressing awe

Sharp and clear in tone

(Slang) Remarkable; outstanding

Glorious; magnificent

(dated) Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.

Superb; wonderful

(colloquial) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.

Having or showing unusual and impressive intelligence

(slang) nodot=a: the quality, state, or essence of being awesome.

A precious gem, especially a diamond, finely cut in any of various forms with numerous facets.

Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight.

Shining brightly.

Expressive of awe or terror.

(of a colour) Both bright and saturated.

Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;

(of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone

(British) Of surpassing excellence.

(British) Magnificent or wonderful.

Highly intelligent.

A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone.

The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.

Most hummingbird species of the genus Heliodoxa.

A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.

Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.

Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.

Exceedingly intelligent, or of distinguished accomplishment in a field; - as, a brilliant chemist.

A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below.

The smallest size of type used in England printing.

A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.

Of surpassing excellence;

Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence;

Characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur;

Having striking color;

Full of light; shining intensely;

Clear and sharp and ringing;