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Sparkle vs. Shimmer — What's the Difference?

Sparkle vs. Shimmer — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Sparkle and Shimmer

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Sparkle

Shine brightly with flashes of light
Her earrings sparkled as she turned her head

Shimmer

Shine with a soft, slightly wavering light
The sea shimmered in the sunlight

Sparkle

Be vivacious and witty
After a glass of wine, she began to sparkle

Shimmer

A soft, slightly wavering light
A pale shimmer of moonlight

Sparkle

A glittering flash of light
There was a sparkle in his eyes
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Shimmer

To shine with a subdued flickering light
Fireflies shimmered in the night sky.

Sparkle

Vivacity and wit
She's got a kind of sparkle

Shimmer

To be reflected as a subdued, flickering light
The moon shimmered on the pond's surface.

Sparkle

To give off sparks.

Shimmer

A flickering or tremulous light; a glimmer.

Sparkle

To give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
"The night seemed very large and still, and the stars sparkled like frost in the black sky" (Laura Ingalls Wilder). "The diamonds sparkled in a sunset ray that came through the slats of the shutters" (Edith Wharton).

Shimmer

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

Sparkle

To be reflected in small flashes of light
"The light of the rising moon sparkled on the sea" (Arthur C. Clarke).

Shimmer

A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.

Sparkle

To be brilliant in performance.

Shimmer

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

Sparkle

To make or contain witty or intelligently lively remarks
Their conversation sparkled all evening.

Shimmer

(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.

Sparkle

To release gas bubbles; effervesce
Champagne sparkles.

Shimmer

To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
The shimmering glimpses of a stream.

Sparkle

A small spark or gleaming particle.

Shimmer

A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment.

Sparkle

A glittering quality.

Shimmer

A weak and tremulous light;
The shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers
The play of light on the water

Sparkle

Brilliant animation; vivacity.

Shimmer

Shine with a weak or fitful light;
Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight

Sparkle

Emission of gas bubbles; effervescence.

Shimmer

Give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

Sparkle

A little spark; a scintillation.

Sparkle

Brilliance; luster.
The sparkle of a diamond

Sparkle

Liveliness; vivacity.
The sparkle of his conversation over dinner

Sparkle

The quality of being sparkling or fizzy; effervescence.

Sparkle

(intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles
The wood was sparkling in the bonfire.

Sparkle

(by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle
The stars sparkle in the sky.

Sparkle

(intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.

Sparkle

(intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce
Sparkling wine
Sparkling water

Sparkle

(transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.

Sparkle

To disperse.

Sparkle

To scatter on or over.

Sparkle

A little spark; a scintillation.
As fire is wont to quicken and goFrom a sparkle sprungen amiss,Till a city brent up is.
The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper.

Sparkle

Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.

Sparkle

To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
A mantelet upon his shoulder hangingBretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling.

Sparkle

To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes.

Sparkle

To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.

Sparkle

To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.

Sparkle

To disperse.
The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any further enterprise.

Sparkle

To scatter on or over.

Sparkle

Brightness and animation of countenance;
He had a sparkle in his eye

Sparkle

The occurrence of a small flash or spark

Sparkle

The quality of glittering or sparkling brightly

Sparkle

Reflect brightly;
Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside

Sparkle

Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity;
The musical performance sparkled
A scintillating conversation
His playing coruscated throught the concert hall

Sparkle

Emit or produce sparks;
A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark

Sparkle

Form bubbles;
The boiling soup was frothing
The river was foaming
Sparkling water

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