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Glow vs. Glare — What's the Difference?

Glow vs. Glare — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Glow and Glare

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Glow

Give out steady light without flame
The tips of their cigarettes glowed in the dark

Glare

To stare fixedly and angrily.

Glow

A steady radiance of light or heat
The setting sun cast a deep red glow over the city

Glare

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

Glow

To shine brightly and steadily, especially without a flame
Embers glowed in the furnace.
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Glare

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

Glow

To have a bright, warm, usually reddish color
The children's cheeks glowed from the cold.

Glare

To express by staring angrily
He glared his disapproval.

Glow

To flush; blush.

Glare

A fierce or angry stare.

Glow

To be exuberant or radiant
Parents glowing with pride.

Glare

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

Glow

A light produced by a body heated to luminosity; incandescence.

Glare

Overwhelming attention or intrusiveness
The glare of publicity.

Glow

Brilliance or warmth of color, especially redness
"the evening glow of the city streets when the sun has gone behind the tallest houses" (Seán O'Faoláin).

Glare

A sheet or surface of glassy and very slippery ice.

Glow

A sensation of physical warmth.

Glare

(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.

Glow

A warm feeling, as of pleasure or well-being.

Glare

Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

Glow

To emit light as if heated.
The fire was still glowing after ten hours.

Glare

An angry or fierce stare.

Glow

(copulative) To radiate thermal heat.
Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point.
After their workout, the gymnasts' faces were glowing red.

Glare

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

Glow

To display intense emotion.
The zealots glowed with religious fervor.
You are glowing from happiness!

Glare

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

Glow

To gaze especially passionately at something.

Glare

A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

Glow

To shine brightly and steadily.
The new baby's room glows with bright, loving colors.

Glare

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

Glow

(transitive) To make hot; to flush.

Glare

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

Glow

(intransitive) To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.

Glare

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

Glow

To be related to or part of an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.

Glare

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

Glow

To expose someone to the authorities.

Glare

Smooth and bright or translucent; glary
Skating on glare ice

Glow

To create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation.

Glare

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

Glow

The light given off by a glowing object.

Glare

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

Glow

The condition of being passionate or having warm feelings.

Glare

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

Glow

The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one's face).
He had a bright red glow on his face.

Glare

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

Glow

To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.

Glare

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

Glow

To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc.
Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays.
And glow with shame of your proceedings.

Glare

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

Glow

To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
Did not his temples glowIn the same sultry winds and acrching heats?
The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.

Glare

A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.

Glow

To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism.
With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows.
Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.

Glare

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

Glow

To make hot; to flush.
Fans, whose wind did seemTo glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool.

Glare

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

Glow

White or red heat; incandscence.

Glare

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

Glow

Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks.

Glare

An angry stare

Glow

Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor.
The red glow of scorn.

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

Glow

Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by exercise, etc.

Glare

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

Glow

An alert and refreshed state

Glare

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

Glow

Light from nonthermal sources

Glare

Shine intensely;
The sun glared down on us

Glow

The phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised

Glow

A feeling of considerable warmth;
The glow of new love
A glow of regret

Glow

A steady even light without flames

Glow

The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

Glow

An appearance of reflected light

Glow

Emit a steady even light without flames;
The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden

Glow

Especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink;
Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna

Glow

Shine intensely, as if with heat;
The coals were glowing in the dark
The candles were burning

Glow

Be exuberant or high-spirited;
Make the people's hearts glow

Glow

Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion;
She was beaming with joy
Her face radiated with happiness

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