Gloss vs. Satin — What's the Difference?

Shine or lustre on a smooth surface

A satin weave is a type of fabric weave that produces a characteristically glossy, smooth or lustrous material, typically with a glossy top surface and a dull back. It is one of three fundamental types of textile weaves alongside plain weave and twill weave.

A superficially attractive appearance or impression

A smooth, often silk fabric that is woven with a glossy face and a dull back.

A translation or explanation of a word or phrase.

A garment made of this fabric.

Apply a glossy substance to

A kind of paint that dries to a smooth shiny finish.

Try to conceal or disguise (something unfavourable) by treating it briefly or representing it misleadingly

Made of or covered with satin.

Provide an explanation, interpretation, or paraphrase for (a text, word, etc.)

Glossy, sleek, and smooth.

A surface shininess or luster.

A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).

A kind of paint that dries to a shiny finish.

Semigloss.

A cosmetic that adds shine or luster, such as lip gloss.

(transitive) To make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin.

A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance or good reputation

A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface.

A brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or technical expression usually inserted in the margin or between lines of a text or manuscript.

A smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back

A collection of such notes; a glossary.

An extensive commentary, often accompanying a text or publication.

A purposefully misleading interpretation or explanation.

To give a bright sheen or luster to.

To apply a gloss to

To provide (an expression or a text) with a gloss or glosses.

To give a false interpretation to.

A surface shine or luster.

(figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.

(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.

(countable) A glossary; a collection of such notes.

An expression requiring such explanatory treatment.

(countable) An extensive commentary on some text.

An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law.

(transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.

(transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception

(intransitive) To become shiny.

(transitive) To add a gloss to (a text).

Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.

A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.

A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.

An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.

A false or specious explanation.

To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.

To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.

To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.

To make comments; to comment; to explain.

To make sly remarks, or insinuations.

An explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

An alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

The property of being smooth and shiny

An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;

Give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases;

Provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase

Gloss or excuse;