Blaze vs. Shine

Blazenoun

A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.

Shineverb

(intransitive) To emit light.

Blazenoun

Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.

‘to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun’;

Shineverb

(intransitive) To reflect light.

Blazenoun

The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.

‘The palomino had a white blaze on its face.’;

Shineverb

(intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.

‘My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.’;

Blazenoun

A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.

Shineverb

(intransitive) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.

Blazenoun

A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst.

Shineverb

(intransitive) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.

Blazenoun

A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.

Shineverb

(intransitive) To be immediately apparent.

Blazenoun

Publication; the act of spreading widely by report

Shineverb

(transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).

‘I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise.’;

Blazeverb

(intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing a lot of flames and light.

‘The campfire blazed merrily.’;

Shineverb

(transitive) To cause to shine, as a light.

Blazeverb

(intransitive) To shine like a flame.

Shineverb

To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.

‘in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them’;

Blazeverb

(transitive) To make a thing shine like a flame.

Shineverb

(transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).

‘He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.’;

Blazeverb

(transitive) To mark or cut (a route, especially through vegetation), or figuratively, to set a precedent for the taking-on of a challenge.

‘The guide blazed his way through the undergrowth.’; ‘Darwin blazed a path for the rest of us.’;

Shineverb

To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

Blazeverb

(slang) To smoke marijuana.

Shinenoun

Brightness from a source of light.

Blazeverb

(transitive) To blow, as from a trumpet

Shinenoun

Brightness from reflected light.

Blazeverb

(transitive) To publish; announce publicly

Shinenoun

Excellence in quality or appearance.

Blazeverb

(transitive) To disclose; bewray; defame

Shinenoun

Shoeshine.

Blazeverb

To blazon

Shinenoun

Sunshine.

Blazenoun

A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

Shinenoun

(slang) Moonshine.

Blazenoun

Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun.

‘O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon!’;

Shinenoun

(cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.

Blazenoun

A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display.

‘For what is glory but the blaze of fame?’;

Shinenoun

(slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.

‘She's certainly taken a shine to you.’;

Blazenoun

A white spot on the forehead of a horse.

Shinenoun

A caper; an antic; a row.

Blazenoun

A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.

‘Three blazes in a perpendicular line on the same tree indicating a legislative road, the single blaze a settlement or neighborhood road.’;

Shineverb

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.

‘Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine.’; ‘God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist.’; ‘Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster.’;

Blazeverb

To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.

Shineverb

To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.

Blazeverb

To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze.

‘And far and wide the icy summit blazed.’;

Shineverb

To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.

‘Once brightest shined this child of heat and air.’;

Blazeverb

To be resplendent.

Shineverb

To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.

‘Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable.’;

Blazeverb

To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark.

‘I found my way by the blazed trees.’;

Shineverb

To cause to shine, as a light.

‘He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally.’;

Blazeverb

To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; as, to blaze a line or path.

‘Champollion died in 1832, having done little more than blaze out the road to be traveled by others.’;

Shineverb

To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them.

Blazeverb

To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous.

‘On charitable lists he blazed his name.’; ‘To blaze those virtues which the good would hide.’;

Shinenoun

The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.

‘Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine.’; ‘Fair opening to some court's propitious shine.’; ‘The distant shine of the celestial city.’;

Blazeverb

To blazon.

Shinenoun

Sunshine; fair weather.

‘Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine.’;

Blazenoun

a strong flame that burns brightly;

‘the blaze spread rapidly’;

Shinenoun

A liking for a person; a fancy.

Blazenoun

a cause of difficulty and suffering;

‘war is hell’; ‘go to blazes’;

Shinenoun

Caper; antic; row.

Blazenoun

noisy and unrestrained mischief;

‘raising blazes’;

Shineadjective

Shining; sheen.

Blazenoun

great brightness;

‘a glare of sunlight’; ‘the flowers were a blaze of color’;

Shinenoun

the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

Blazenoun

a light-colored marking;

‘they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes’; ‘the horse had a blaze between its eyes’;

Shineverb

be bright by reflecting or casting light;

‘Drive carefully--the wet road reflects’;

Blazeverb

shine brightly and intensively;

‘Meteors blazed across the atmosphere’;

Shineverb

emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light;

‘The sun shone bright that day’; ‘The fire beamed on their faces’;

Blazeverb

shoot rapidly and repeatedly;

‘He blazed away at the men’;

Shineverb

be shiny, as if wet;

‘His eyes were glistening’;

Blazeverb

burn brightly and intensely;

‘The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze’;

Shineverb

be distinguished or eminent;

‘His talent shines’;

Blazeverb

move rapidly and as if blazing;

‘The spaceship blazed out into space’;

Shineverb

be clear and obvious;

‘A shining example’;

Blazeverb

indicate by marking trees with blazes;

‘blaze a trail’;

Shineverb

especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink;

‘Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna’;

Blazenoun

a very large or fiercely burning fire

‘twenty firemen fought the blaze’;

Shineverb

throw or flash the light of (a lamp, etc.);

‘Shine the light on that window, please’;

Blazenoun

a very bright display of light or colour

‘the gardens in summer are a blaze of colour’;

Shineverb

touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly;

‘Light fell on her face’; ‘The sun shone on the fields’; ‘The light struck the golden necklace’; ‘A strange sound struck my ears’;

Blazenoun

a conspicuous display or outburst of something

‘White ended the season in a blaze of glory, with seven goals in as many games’; ‘their relationship broke up in a blaze of publicity’;

Shineverb

experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion;

‘She was beaming with joy’; ‘Her face radiated with happiness’;

Blazenoun

used in various expressions of anger, bewilderment, or surprise as a euphemism for ‘hell’

‘what the blazes are you all talking about?’; ‘‘Go to blazes!’ he shouted’;

Shineverb

(of surfaces) make shine;

‘shine the silver, please’; ‘polish my shoes’;

Blazenoun

a white spot or stripe on the face of a mammal or bird.

Shineverb

(of the sun or another source of light) give out a bright light

‘the sun shone through the window’;

Blazenoun

a broad white stripe running the length of a horse's face.

Shineverb

glow or be bright with reflected light

‘she brushed her hair until it shone’;

Blazenoun

a mark made on a tree by cutting the bark so as to mark a route.

Shineverb

(of a person's eyes) be bright with emotion

‘his eyes shone with excitement’;

Blazeverb

burn fiercely or brightly

‘the fire blazed merrily’;

Shineverb

direct (a torch or other light) somewhere in order to see something in the dark

‘he shone the torch around the room before entering’;

Blazeverb

burst into flame

‘he attacked the fire with poker and tongs until it blazed up’;

Shineverb

be very talented or perform very well

‘a boy who shone at nothing’;

Blazeverb

shine brightly or powerfully

‘Barbara's eyes were blazing with anger’; ‘the sun blazed down’;

Shineverb

make (an object made of leather, metal, or wood) bright by rubbing it; polish

‘his shoes were shined to perfection’;

Blazeverb

fire a gun repeatedly or indiscriminately

‘they stormed with main entrance with guns blazing’;

Shinenoun

a quality of brightness produced when light is reflected on something

‘my hair has lost its shine’;

Blazeverb

achieve something in an impressive manner

‘she blazed to a gold medal in the 200-metre sprint’;

Shinenoun

an act of rubbing something to give it a shiny surface

‘Archie's shoes got a quick shine from a boy with a cloth’;

Blazeverb

hit (a ball) with impressive strength

‘he blazed a drive into the rough’;

Blazeverb

smoke cannabis.

Blazeverb

set an example by being the first to do something; pioneer

‘small firms would set the pace, blazing a trail for others to follow’;

Blazeverb

mark out a path or route

‘tourists haven't blazed a trail to the top of this hill’;

Blazeverb

present or proclaim (news) in a prominent, typically sensational, manner

‘‘Pop stars and drugs’ blazed the headline’;