Glaze vs. Gloze — What's the Difference?

A thin smooth shiny coating.

To minimize or underplay; gloss

A thin glassy coating of ice.

To use flattery or cajolery.

A coating of colored, opaque, or transparent material applied to ceramics before firing.

A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.

A coating, as of syrup, applied to food.

Flattery.

A transparent coating applied to the surface of a painting to modify the color tones.

(False) appearance.

A glassy film, as one over the eyes.

A specious show, a deceit.

To fit, furnish, or secure with glass

(literary) To extenuate, explain away, gloss over.

To apply a glaze to

To use flattering language.

To coat or cover thinly with ice.

To smooth over; to palliate by specious explanation.

To give a smooth lustrous surface to.

To give a shine to (something or someone).

To be or become glazed or glassy

To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.

To form a glaze.

To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret.

(ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).

To smooth over; to palliate.

A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.

Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.

A smooth edible coating applied to food.

Specious show; gloss.

(meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.

Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.

A glazing oven; glost oven.

(transitive) To install windows.

To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.

(intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.

(intransitive) For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.

To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a case, etc.) with glass.

To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface, consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze earthenware; hence, to render smooth, glasslike, or glossy; as, to glaze paper, gunpowder, and the like.

To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect.

To cover (a donut, cupcake, meat, etc.) with a thin layer of edible syrup, or other substance which may solidify to a glossy coating. The material used for glazing is usually sweet or highly flavored.

To become glazed of glassy.

Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.

A glazing oven. See Glost oven.

Any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods

A glossy finish on a fabric

Coating for fabrics, ceramics, metal, etc.

Coat with a glaze;

Become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance;

Furnish with glass;

Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze