flicker vs shine
shine vs flickerflicker and shine both are nouns.
flicker and shine both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| flicker | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| shine | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
shine is a hypernym of
flicker; that is, shine is a
word with a broader meaning than flicker:
- flicker: shine unsteadily
- shine: emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
Other hypernyms of flicker include
beam.
| flicker (noun) | shine (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of moving back and forth | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
| North American woodpecker | |
| a momentary flash of light |
| flicker (verb) | shine (verb) |
|---|---|
| move back and forth very rapidly | make (a surface) shine |
| flash intermittently | experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion |
| shine unsteadily | be shiny, as if wet |
| have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink | |
| touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly | |
| be distinguished or eminent | |
| be clear and obvious | |
| emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light | |
| be bright by reflecting or casting light | |
| throw or flash the light of (a lamp) |
Words related to "flicker"
- Colaptes
- Colaptes auratus
- Colaptes caper collaris
- Colaptes chrysoides
- beam
- blink
- flash
- flick
- flitter
- flutter
- genus Colaptes
- gilded flicker
- glint
- motility
- motion
- move
- move back and forth
- movement
- pecker
- peckerwood
- quiver
- red-shafted flicker
- shine
- spark
- twinkle
- waver
- wink
- winkle
- woodpecker
- yellow-shafted flicker
- yellowhammer
Words related to "shine"
- Simonise
- Simonize
- appear
- be
- beacon
- beam
- beat down
- beautify
- blaze
- brightness
- buff
- burn
- burnish
- come about
- coruscate
- effulgence
- embellish
- emit
- experience
- fall
- fall out
- fancify
- feel
- flame
- flare
- flick
- flicker
- furbish
- give off
- give out
- glare
- gleam
- gleaming
- glint
- glisten
- glitter
- gloss
- glossiness
- glow
- go on
- hap
- happen
- lambency
- look
- luminesce
- luster
- lustre
- occur
- opalesce
- outshine
- pass
- pass off
- polish
- prettify
- radiance
- radiancy
- radiate
- reflect
- refulgence
- refulgency
- resplend
- rub
- scintillate
- seem
- sheen
- shimmer
- shine
- shiner
- shininess
- shining
- shiny
- sleek
- slick
- smooth
- smoothen
- spangle
- sparkle
- strike
- take place
- twinkle
- winkle
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