emit vs scintillate

emit and scintillate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
emit	No	No	Yes	No
scintillate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, scintillate is a hyponym of emit; that is, scintillate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than emit:

emit: give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
scintillate: give off

Other hyponyms of emit include effuse, reflect, shine, spark, sparkle, radiate, fume, smoke, reek, shoot, ray, steam.

emit (verb)	scintillate (verb)
expel (gases or odors)	be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)	fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.	emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
	give off
	reflect brightly