reflect vs scintillate

reflect and scintillate both are verbs.

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

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

Other hyponyms of reflect include resplend, glare, opalesce, luminesce, coruscate, sparkle.

reflect (verb)	scintillate (verb)
reflect deeply on a subject	be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
give evidence of the quality of	fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
give evidence of a certain behavior	emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
to throw or bend back (from a surface)	give off
manifest or bring back	reflect brightly
show an image of
be bright by reflecting or casting light