The difference between Glow and Shine

When used as nouns, glow means the state of a glowing object, whereas shine means brightness from a source of light.

When used as verbs, glow means to give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated, whereas shine means to emit light.

check bellow for the other definitions of Glow and Shine

Glow as a verb:

To give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated.

Examples:

"The fire was still glowing after ten hours."
Glow as a verb:

To radiate some emotional quality like light.

Examples:

"The zealots glowed with religious fervor."

"You are glowing from happiness!"
Glow as a verb:

To gaze especially passionately at something.
Glow as a verb:

To radiate thermal heat.

Examples:

"Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point."

"After their workout, the gymnasts' faces were glowing red."
Glow as a verb:

To shine brightly and steadily.

Examples:

"The new baby's room glows with bright, loving colors."
Glow as a verb (transitive):

To make hot; to flush.
Glow as a verb (intransitive):

To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.

Glow as a noun:

The state of a glowing object.
Glow as a noun:

The condition of being passionate or having warm feelings.
Glow as a noun:

The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one's face).

Examples:

"He had a bright red glow on his face."

Shine as a verb (intransitive):

To emit light.
Shine as a verb (intransitive):

To reflect light.
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."
Shine as a verb (intransitive):

To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
Shine as a verb (intransitive):

To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
Shine as a verb (intransitive):

To be immediately apparent.
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."
Shine as a verb (transitive):

To cause to shine, as a light.
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.
Shine as a noun:

Brightness from reflected light.
Shine as a noun:

Excellence in quality or appearance.
Shine as a noun:

Shoeshine.
Shine as a noun:

Sunshine.
Shine as a noun (slang):

Moonshine.
Shine as a noun (cricket):

The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
Shine as a noun (slang):

A liking for a person; a fancy.

Examples:

"She's certainly taken a shine to you."
Shine as a noun (archaic, slang):

A caper; an antic; a row.

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

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