Flash vs. Glare — What's the Difference?

Shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way

To stare fixedly and angrily.

Move or pass very quickly

To shine intensely and blindingly

Display (information or an image) suddenly on a television or computer screen or electronic sign, typically briefly or repeatedly

To be conspicuous; stand out obtrusively

A sudden brief burst of bright light

To express by staring angrily

A sudden or brief manifestation or occurrence of something

A fierce or angry stare.

A camera attachment that produces a brief very bright light, used for taking photographs in poor light

An intense, blinding light

A platform for producing and displaying animation and video in web browsers.

Overwhelming attention or intrusiveness

Ostentatious stylishness or display of wealth

A sheet or surface of glassy and very slippery ice.

Excess plastic or metal forced between facing surfaces as two halves of a mould close up, forming a thin projection on the finished object

(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.

A rush of water, especially down a weir to take a boat over shallows.

Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

A water-filled hollow formed by subsidence, especially any of those due to rock salt extraction in or near Cheshire in central England

An angry or fierce stare.

Ostentatiously stylish or expensive

(telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.

Relating to the language used by criminals or prostitutes.

(US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.

To burst forth into or as if into flame.

A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

To give off light or be lighted in sudden or intermittent bursts.

(intransitive) To stare angrily.

To appear or occur suddenly

(intransitive) To shine brightly.

To move or proceed rapidly

(intransitive) To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.

To hang up a phone line momentarily, as when using call waiting.

(transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

(Slang) To think of or remember something suddenly

Smooth and bright or translucent; glary

(Slang) To expose oneself in an indecent manner.

To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

To cause (light) to appear suddenly or in intermittent bursts.

To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.

To cause to burst into flame.

To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.

To reflect (light).

To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

To cause to reflect light from (a surface).

A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.

To make known or signal by flashing lights.

A fierce, piercing look or stare.

To communicate or display at great speed

A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.

To exhibit briefly.

A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.

To hang up (a phone line) momentarily, as when using call waiting.

Smooth and bright or translucent; - used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice.

To display ostentatiously; flaunt.

Great brightness;

To fill suddenly with water.

An angry stare

To cover with a thin protective layer.

A focus of public attention;

A sudden, brief, intense display of light.

Look at with a fixed gaze;

A sudden perception

Be sharply reflected;

A split second; an instant

Shine intensely;

A brief news dispatch or transmission.

(Slang) Gaudy or ostentatious display

A flashlight.

Instantaneous illumination for photography

A device, such as a flashbulb, flashgun, or flash lamp, used to produce such illumination.

(Slang) The pleasurable sensation that accompanies the use of a drug; a rush.

(Archaic) The language or cant of thieves, tramps, or underworld figures.

Happening suddenly or very quickly

(Slang) Ostentatious; showy

Of or relating to figures of quarterly economic growth released by the government and subject to later revision.

Of or relating to photography using instantaneous illumination.

(Computers) Of or relating to flash memory.

(Archaic) Of or relating to thieves, swindlers, and underworld figures.

(transitive) To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.

(intransitive) To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.

(intransitive) To be visible briefly.

(transitive) To make visible briefly.

To expose one's intimate body part or piece of clothing, often momentarily. Contrast streak.

(figurative) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.

To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.

To communicate quickly.

To move, or cause to move, suddenly.

(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.

To evaporate suddenly. flash evaporation.}}

To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.

To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).

To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.

To expand (blown glass) into a disc.

(transitive) To send by some startling or sudden means.

(intransitive) To burst out into violence.

(juggling) To perform a flash.

(metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.

To trick up in a showy manner.

To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.

A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.

A very short amount of time.

A flashlight; an electric torch.

(figuratively) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.

(uncountable) Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.

Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.

The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.

(juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.

(linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.

(photography) camera flash

(archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.

(military) A form of military insignia.

Clipping of flash memory

Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.

A tattoo flash example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo.

The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.

(dated) A newsflash.

A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).

The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.

A pool.

(engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.

Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.

Having plenty of ready money.

Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.

Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.

Relating to thieves and vagabonds.

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.

To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.

To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.

To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.

To trick up in a showy manner.

To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.

A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.

A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.

The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.

A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictitious strength to liquors.

A lamp for providing intense momentary light to take a photograph; as, to take a picture without a flash.

Same as flashlight.

A short news item providing recently received and usually preliminary information about an event that is considered important enough to interrupt normal broadcasting or other news delivery services; also called a news flash or bulletin.

Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.

A pool.

A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.

Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.

Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; - applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry.

A sudden intense burst of radiant energy

A momentary brightness

A short vivid experience;

A sudden brilliant understanding;

A very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat);

A burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

A short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

A bright patch of color used for decoration or identification;

A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

Gleam or glow intermittently;

Appear briefly;

Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously;

Make known or cause to appear with great speed;

Run or move very quickly or hastily;

Expose or show briefly;

Protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal;

Emit a brief burst of light;

Tastelessly showy;