The difference between Bright and Opaque
When used as nouns, bright means an artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head, whereas opaque means an area of darkness.
When used as adjectives, bright means visually dazzling, whereas opaque means neither reflecting nor emitting light.
Opaque is also verb with the meaning: to make, render (more) opaque.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bright and Opaque
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Bright as an adjective:
Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.
Examples:
"Could you please dim the light? It's far too bright."
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Bright as an adjective:
Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
Examples:
"He's very bright. He was able to solve the problem without my help."
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Bright as an adjective:
Vivid, colourful, brilliant.
Examples:
"The orange and blue walls of the sitting room were much brighter than the dull grey walls of the kitchen."
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Bright as an adjective:
Happy, in .
Examples:
"I woke up today feeling so bright that I decided to have a little dance."
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Bright as an adjective:
Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; cheerful.
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Bright as an adjective:
Illustrious; glorious.
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Bright as an adjective:
Clear; transparent.
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Bright as an adjective (archaic):
Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
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Bright as a noun:
An artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
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Bright as a noun (obsolete):
splendour; brightness
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Bright as a noun (neologism):
A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements.
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Bright as a noun (US, in the plural):
The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps.
Examples:
"Your brights are on."
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Opaque as an adjective:
Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
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Opaque as an adjective:
Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
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Opaque as an adjective (figuratively):
Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
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Opaque as an adjective (figuratively):
Obtuse, stupid.
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Opaque as an adjective (computing):
Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.
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Opaque as a noun (obsolete, poetic):
An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
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Opaque as a noun:
Something which is opaque rather than translucent.
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Opaque as a verb (transitive):
To make, render (more) opaque.