The difference between Radiate and Shine

When used as nouns, radiate means one of the radiata, whereas shine means brightness from a source of light.

When used as verbs, radiate means to extend, send or spread out from a center like radii, whereas shine means to emit light.


Radiate is also adjective with the meaning: radiating from a center.

check bellow for the other definitions of Radiate and Shine

  1. Radiate as a verb:

    To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.

  2. Radiate as a verb (transitive):

    To emit rays or waves.

    Examples:

    "The stove radiates heat."

  3. Radiate as a verb (intransitive):

    To come out or proceed in rays or waves.

    Examples:

    "The heat radiates from a stove."

  4. Radiate as a verb (transitive):

    To illuminate.

  5. Radiate as a verb:

    To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.

  6. Radiate as a verb (transitive):

    To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.

  7. Radiate as a verb (ecology, intransitive):

    to spread into new habitats, migrate.

  1. Radiate as an adjective:

    Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.

    Examples:

    "a radiate crystal"

  2. Radiate as an adjective:

    Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.

  3. Radiate as an adjective (botany):

    Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.

  4. Radiate as an adjective (biology):

    Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.

  5. Radiate as an adjective (zoology):

    Belonging to the Radiata.

  1. Radiate as a noun (zoology):

    One of the Radiata.

  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.