The difference between Glare and Shine
When used as nouns, glare means an intense, blinding light, whereas shine means brightness from a source of light.
When used as verbs, glare means to stare angrily, whereas shine means to emit light.
Glare is also adjective with the meaning: smooth and bright or translucent.
check bellow for the other definitions of Glare and Shine
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Glare as a noun (uncountable):
An intense, blinding light.
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Glare as a noun:
Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
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Glare as a noun:
An angry or fierce stare.
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Glare as a noun (telephony):
A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
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Glare as a noun (US):
A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
Examples:
"a glare of ice"
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Glare as a noun:
A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
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Glare as a verb (intransitive):
To stare angrily.
Examples:
"He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time."
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Glare as a verb (intransitive):
To shine brightly.
Examples:
"The sun glared down on the desert sand."
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Glare as a verb:
To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
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Glare as a verb (transitive):
To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
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Glare as an adjective (US, of ice):
smooth and bright or translucent; glary
Examples:
"skating on glare ice"
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Shine as a verb (intransitive):
To emit light.
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Shine as a verb (intransitive):
To reflect light.
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Shine as a verb (intransitive):
To distinguish oneself; to excel.
Examples:
"My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team."
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Shine as a verb (intransitive):
To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
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Shine as a verb (intransitive):
To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
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Shine as a verb (intransitive):
To be immediately apparent.
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Shine as a verb (transitive):
To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
Examples:
"I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise."
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Shine as a verb (transitive):
To cause to shine, as a light.
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Shine as a verb (US, transitive):
To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
Examples:
"in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them"
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Shine as a noun:
Brightness from a source of light.
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Shine as a noun:
Brightness from reflected light.
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Shine as a noun:
Excellence in quality or appearance.
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Shine as a noun:
Shoeshine.
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Shine as a noun:
Sunshine.
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Shine as a noun (slang):
Moonshine.
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Shine as a noun (cricket):
The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
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Shine as a noun (slang):
A liking for a person; a fancy.
Examples:
"She's certainly taken a shine to you."
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Shine as a noun (archaic, slang):
A caper; an antic; a row.
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Shine as a verb (transitive):
To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
Examples:
"He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming."
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Shine as a verb (transitive, cricket):
To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one's clothing.
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