scintillate vs reflect

scintillate and reflect both are verbs.

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

As verbs, reflect is a hypernym of scintillate; that is, reflect is a word with a broader meaning than scintillate:

Other hypernyms of scintillate include shine.

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