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

  1. Glare as a noun (uncountable):

    An intense, blinding light.

  2. Glare as a noun:

    Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

  3. Glare as a noun:

    An angry or fierce stare.

  4. Glare as a noun (telephony):

    A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.

  5. Glare as a noun (US):

    A smooth, bright, glassy surface.

    Examples:

    "a glare of ice"

  6. Glare as a noun:

    A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

  1. Glare as a verb (intransitive):

    To stare angrily.

    Examples:

    "He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time."

  2. Glare as a verb (intransitive):

    To shine brightly.

    Examples:

    "The sun glared down on the desert sand."

  3. Glare as a verb:

    To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.

  4. Glare as a verb (transitive):

    To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

  1. Glare as an adjective (US, of ice):

    smooth and bright or translucent; glary

    Examples:

    "skating on glare ice"

  1. Shine as a verb (intransitive):

    To emit light.

  2. Shine as a verb (intransitive):

    To reflect light.

  3. 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."

  4. Shine as a verb (intransitive):

    To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.

  5. Shine as a verb (intransitive):

    To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.

  6. Shine as a verb (intransitive):

    To be immediately apparent.

  7. 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."

  8. Shine as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to shine, as a light.

  9. 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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  1. Shine as a noun:

    Brightness from a source of light.

  2. Shine as a noun:

    Brightness from reflected light.

  3. Shine as a noun:

    Excellence in quality or appearance.

  4. Shine as a noun:

    Shoeshine.

  5. Shine as a noun:

    Sunshine.

  6. Shine as a noun (slang):

    Moonshine.

  7. Shine as a noun (cricket):

    The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.

  8. Shine as a noun (slang):

    A liking for a person; a fancy.

    Examples:

    "She's certainly taken a shine to you."

  9. Shine as a noun (archaic, slang):

    A caper; an antic; a row.

  1. 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."

  2. Shine as a verb (transitive, cricket):

    To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one's clothing.