Shimmer vs. Shine

shine with a soft, slightly wavering light

(of the sun or another source of light) give out a bright light

a soft, slightly wavering light

be very talented or perform very well

To shine with a subdued flickering light

make (an object made of leather, metal, or wood) bright by rubbing it; polish

To be reflected as a subdued, flickering light

a quality of brightness produced when light is reflected on something

A flickering or tremulous light; a glimmer.

To emit light.

(intransitive) To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly.

To reflect light; glint or glisten.

A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.

To distinguish oneself in an activity or a field; excel.

(signal processing) A measure of the irregularities in the loudness of a particular pitch over time.

To be immediately apparent

(crime) A thin electronic device that is fit inside a card reader, such as on automated teller machines (ATMs), or point-of-sale terminals (POS's), that acts as an intermediate interface between the chip on a chip-and-pin technology card and the chip reader of the machine, to allow one to clone the chip.

To aim or cast the beam or glow of (a light).

To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.

past tense and past participle shined To make glossy or bright by polishing.

A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.

Brightness from a source of light; radiance.

a weak and tremulous light;

Brightness from reflected light; luster.

shine with a weak or fitful light;

A shoeshine.

give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

Excellence in quality or appearance; splendor.

Fair weather

shines(Informal) Pranks or tricks.

(Slang) Whiskey; moonshine.

Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a black person.

To emit or reflect light so as to glow.

To reflect light.

To distinguish oneself; to excel.

To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.

To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.

To be immediately apparent.

(transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).

(transitive) To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.

(transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).

To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

Brightness from a source of light.

Brightness from reflected light.

Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.

Shoeshine.

Sunshine.

(slang) Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.

(cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.

(slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.

A caper; an antic; a row.

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.

To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.

To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.

To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.

To cause to shine, as a light.

To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them.

The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.

Sunshine; fair weather.

A liking for a person; a fancy.

Caper; antic; row.

Shining; sheen.

the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

be bright by reflecting or casting light;

emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light;

be shiny, as if wet;

be distinguished or eminent;

be clear and obvious;

especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink;

throw or flash the light of (a lamp, etc.);

touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly;

experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion;

(of surfaces) make shine;