Diamond vs. Glimmer — What's the Difference?

Diamond is a form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. At room temperature and pressure, another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon, but diamond almost never converts to it.

A dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light.

A precious stone consisting of a clear and colourless crystalline form of pure carbon, the hardest naturally occurring substance

A faint manifestation or indication; a trace

A figure with four straight sides of equal length forming two opposite acute angles and two opposite obtuse angles; a rhombus

To emit a dim, intermittent light

An extremely hard, highly refractive crystalline form of carbon that is usually colorless and is used as a gemstone and in abrasives, cutting tools, and other applications.

To be reflected in dim, intermittent flashes

A piece of jewelry containing such a gemstone.

To appear faintly or indistinctly

A rhombus, particularly when oriented so that one diagonal extends from left to right and the other diagonal extends from top to bottom.

A faint light; a dim glow.

A red, lozenge-shaped figure on certain playing cards.

A flash of light.

A playing card with this figure.

A faint or remote possibility.

Diamonds (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The suit of cards represented by this figure.

Mica.

The infield.

(intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.

The whole playing field.

To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.

Of or relating to a 60th or 75th anniversary.

A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.

To adorn with diamonds.

Mica. See Mica.

(uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron. Category:en:Carbon

A flash of light (especially reflected light)

A gemstone made from this mineral.

A slight suggestion or vague understanding;

A ring containing a diamond.

Shine brightly, like a star or a light

A very pale blue color.

Something that resembles a diamond.

(geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.

(geometry) The polyiamond made up of two triangles.

(baseball) The entire field of play used in the game.

(baseball) The infield of a baseball field.

(card games) A card of the diamonds suit.

A size of type, standardised as 2 point.

The size of type between brilliant and pearl, standardized as 2-point.

Made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.

Of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.

Of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.

(slang) First-rate; excellent.

To adorn with or as if with diamonds

A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.

A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.

One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.

A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.

The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.

The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.

Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.

A transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

A playing card in the minor suit of diamonds

The area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate

The baseball playing field