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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