Glory vs. Halo
Glorynoun
Great or overwhelming beauty or splendour.
Halonoun
A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
Glorynoun
Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
Halonoun
(astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
Glorynoun
That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
Halonoun
Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
Glorynoun
Worship or praise.
Halonoun
(religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
Glorynoun
An optical phenomenon caused by water droplets, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow.
Halonoun
The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
Glorynoun
Victory; success.
Halonoun
(medicine) A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
Glorynoun
An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
Haloverb
(transitive) To encircle with a halo.
Glorynoun
(theology) The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
Halonoun
A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.
Glorynoun
(obsolete) Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
Halonoun
A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.
Gloryverb
To exult with joy; to rejoice.
Halonoun
An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.
Gloryverb
To boast; to be proud.
Halonoun
A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.
Gloryverb
To shine radiantly.
Haloverb
To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.
‘The fireThat haloed round his saintly brow.’;
Glorynoun
Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.
‘Glory to God in the highest.’; ‘Spread his glory through all countries wide.’;
Halonoun
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
Glorynoun
That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor.
‘Think it no glory to swell in tyranny.’; ‘Jewels lose their glory if neglected.’; ‘Your sex's glory 't is to shine unknown.’;
Halonoun
a toroidal shape;
‘a ring of ships in the harbor’; ‘a halo of smoke’;
Glorynoun
Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
‘In glory of thy fortunes.’;
Halonoun
a circle of light around the sun or moon
Glorynoun
The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.
‘Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.’;
Halonoun
a circle of light shown around or above the head of a saint or holy person to represent their holiness.
Glorynoun
An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
Halonoun
the glory associated with an esteemed person
‘he has lost his halo for many ordinary Russians’;
Gloryverb
To exult with joy; to rejoice.
‘Glory ye in his holy name.’;
Halonoun
a circle of white or coloured light around the sun, moon, or other luminous body caused by refraction through ice crystals in the atmosphere.
Gloryverb
To boast; to be proud.
‘God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.’; ‘No one . . . should glory in his prosperity.’;
Haloverb
surround with or as if with a halo
‘gas lamps haloed in mist’;
Glorynoun
a state of high honor;
‘he valued glory above life itself’;
Glorynoun
brilliant radiant beauty;
‘the glory of the sunrise’;
Glorynoun
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
Gloryverb
rejoice proudly
