Glare vs. Stare — What's the Difference?

To stare fixedly and angrily.

Look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open

To shine intensely and blindingly

A long fixed or vacant look

To be conspicuous; stand out obtrusively

To look directly, fixedly, or vacantly, often with a wide-eyed gaze.

To express by staring angrily

To look at directly and fixedly

A fierce or angry stare.

An intent gaze.

An intense, blinding light

To look fixedly (at something).

Overwhelming attention or intrusiveness

(transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.

A sheet or surface of glassy and very slippery ice.

(intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.

(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.

To stand out; to project; to bristle.

Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

A persistent gaze.

An angry or fierce stare.

A starling.

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

The starling.

(US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.

The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.

A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object.

(intransitive) To stare angrily.

To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.

(intransitive) To shine brightly.

To stand out; to project; to bristle.

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

To look earnestly at; to gaze at.

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

A fixed look with eyes open wide

Smooth and bright or translucent; glary

Look at with fixed eyes;

To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

Fixate one's eyes;

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

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

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

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

A fierce, piercing look or stare.

A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.

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

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

Great brightness;

An angry stare

A focus of public attention;

Look at with a fixed gaze;

Be sharply reflected;

Shine intensely;