The difference between Shine and Smooth

When used as nouns, shine means brightness from a source of light, whereas smooth means something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.

When used as verbs, shine means to emit light, whereas smooth means to make smooth or even.

Smooth is also adverb with the meaning: smoothly.

Smooth is also adjective with the meaning: having a texture that lacks friction. not rough.

check bellow for the other definitions of Shine and Smooth

  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"

    "rfquotek Bartlett"

  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.

  1. Smooth as an adjective:

    Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.

  2. Smooth as an adjective:

    Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.

    Examples:

    "We hope for a smooth transition to the new system."

  3. Smooth as an adjective:

    Bland; glib.

  4. Smooth as an adjective:

    Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.

  5. Smooth as an adjective (of a person):

    Suave; sophisticated.

  6. Smooth as an adjective (of an action):

    Natural; unconstrained.

  7. Smooth as an adjective (of a motion):

    Unbroken.

  8. Smooth as an adjective (chiefly, of water):

    Placid, calm.

  9. Smooth as an adjective (of an edge):

    Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.

  10. Smooth as an adjective (of food or drink):

    Not grainy; having an even texture.

  11. Smooth as an adjective (of a beverage):

    Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.

  12. Smooth as an adjective (mathematics, of a function):

    Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function's domain.

  13. Smooth as an adjective (math, of a number):

    That factors completely into small prime numbers.

  14. Smooth as an adjective (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel):

    Lacking marked aspiration.

  15. Smooth as an adjective (of muscles, medicine):

    Involuntary and non-striated.

  1. Smooth as an adverb:

    Smoothly.

  1. Smooth as a noun:

    Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.

  2. Smooth as a noun:

    A smoothing action.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Thackeray"

  3. Smooth as a noun:

    A domestic animal having a smooth coat.

  4. Smooth as a noun:

    A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.

  5. Smooth as a noun (statistics):

    The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.

  1. Smooth as a verb:

    To make smooth or even.

  2. Smooth as a verb:

    To make straightforward.

  3. Smooth as a verb (statistics, image processing, digital audio):

    To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.

  4. Smooth as a verb (West Country):

    To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.

    Examples:

    "usex Can I smooth your cat?"

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