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Glare vs. Sparkle — What's the Difference?

Glare vs. Sparkle — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Glare and Sparkle

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Glare

To stare fixedly and angrily.

Sparkle

Shine brightly with flashes of light
Her earrings sparkled as she turned her head

Glare

To shine intensely and blindingly
A hot sun glared down on the desert.

Sparkle

Be vivacious and witty
After a glass of wine, she began to sparkle

Glare

To be conspicuous; stand out obtrusively
The headline glared from the page.
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Sparkle

A glittering flash of light
There was a sparkle in his eyes

Glare

To express by staring angrily
He glared his disapproval.

Sparkle

Vivacity and wit
She's got a kind of sparkle

Glare

A fierce or angry stare.

Sparkle

To give off sparks.

Glare

An intense, blinding light
Under the glare of the spotlights.

Sparkle

To give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
"The night seemed very large and still, and the stars sparkled like frost in the black sky" (Laura Ingalls Wilder). "The diamonds sparkled in a sunset ray that came through the slats of the shutters" (Edith Wharton).

Glare

Overwhelming attention or intrusiveness
The glare of publicity.

Sparkle

To be reflected in small flashes of light
"The light of the rising moon sparkled on the sea" (Arthur C. Clarke).

Glare

A sheet or surface of glassy and very slippery ice.

Sparkle

To be brilliant in performance.

Glare

(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.

Sparkle

To make or contain witty or intelligently lively remarks
Their conversation sparkled all evening.

Glare

Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

Sparkle

To release gas bubbles; effervesce
Champagne sparkles.

Glare

An angry or fierce stare.

Sparkle

A small spark or gleaming particle.

Glare

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

Sparkle

A glittering quality.

Glare

(US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
A glare of ice

Sparkle

Brilliant animation; vivacity.

Glare

A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

Sparkle

Emission of gas bubbles; effervescence.

Glare

(intransitive) To stare angrily.
He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.

Sparkle

A little spark; a scintillation.

Glare

(intransitive) To shine brightly.
The sun glared down on the desert sand.

Sparkle

Brilliance; luster.
The sparkle of a diamond

Glare

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

Sparkle

Liveliness; vivacity.
The sparkle of his conversation over dinner

Glare

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

Sparkle

The quality of being sparkling or fizzy; effervescence.

Glare

Smooth and bright or translucent; glary
Skating on glare ice

Sparkle

(intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles
The wood was sparkling in the bonfire.

Glare

To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
The cavern glares with new-admitted light.

Sparkle

(by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle
The stars sparkle in the sky.

Glare

To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon.

Sparkle

(intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.

Glare

To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.

Sparkle

(intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce
Sparkling wine
Sparkling water

Glare

To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
Every eyeGlared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.

Sparkle

(transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.

Glare

A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.
The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.

Sparkle

To disperse.

Glare

A fierce, piercing look or stare.
About them round,A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.

Sparkle

To scatter on or over.

Glare

A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.

Sparkle

A little spark; a scintillation.
As fire is wont to quicken and goFrom a sparkle sprungen amiss,Till a city brent up is.
The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper.

Glare

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

Sparkle

Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.

Glare

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

Sparkle

To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
A mantelet upon his shoulder hangingBretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling.

Glare

Great brightness;
A glare of sunlight
The flowers were a blaze of color

Sparkle

To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes.

Glare

An angry stare

Sparkle

To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.

Glare

A focus of public attention;
He enjoyed being in the limelight
When Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency

Sparkle

To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.

Glare

Look at with a fixed gaze;
The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her

Sparkle

To disperse.
The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any further enterprise.

Glare

Be sharply reflected;
The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface

Sparkle

To scatter on or over.

Glare

Shine intensely;
The sun glared down on us

Sparkle

Brightness and animation of countenance;
He had a sparkle in his eye

Sparkle

The occurrence of a small flash or spark

Sparkle

The quality of glittering or sparkling brightly

Sparkle

Reflect brightly;
Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside

Sparkle

Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity;
The musical performance sparkled
A scintillating conversation
His playing coruscated throught the concert hall

Sparkle

Emit or produce sparks;
A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark

Sparkle

Form bubbles;
The boiling soup was frothing
The river was foaming
Sparkling water

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