Glow vs. Shine
Difference Between Glow and Shine
Glowverb
To shine brightly and steadily, especially without a flame
Embers glowed in the furnace.Shineverb
To emit light.
Glowverb
To have a bright, warm, usually reddish color
The children's cheeks glowed from the cold.Shineverb
To reflect light; glint or glisten.
Glowverb
To flush; blush.
Shineverb
To distinguish oneself in an activity or a field; excel.
Glowverb
To be exuberant or radiant
parents glowing with pride.Shineverb
To be immediately apparent
Delight shone in her eyes.Glownoun
A light produced by a body heated to luminosity; incandescence.
Shineverb
To aim or cast the beam or glow of (a light).
Glownoun
Brilliance or warmth of color, especially redness
"the evening glow of the city streets when the sun has gone behind the tallest houses" (Seán O'Faoláin).Shineverb
past tense and past participle shined To make glossy or bright by polishing.
Glownoun
A sensation of physical warmth.
Shinenoun
Brightness from a source of light; radiance.
Glownoun
A warm feeling, as of pleasure or well-being.
Shinenoun
Brightness from reflected light; luster.
Glowverb
To give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated.
The fire was still glowing after ten hours.Shinenoun
A shoeshine.
Glowverb
To radiate some emotional quality like light.
The zealots glowed with religious fervor.You are glowing from happiness!Shinenoun
Excellence in quality or appearance; splendor.
Glowverb
To gaze especially passionately at something.
Shinenoun
Fair weather
rain or shine.Glowverb
To radiate thermal heat.
Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point.After their workout, the gymnasts' faces were glowing red.Shinenoun
shines(Informal) Pranks or tricks.
Glowverb
To shine brightly and steadily.
The new baby's room glows with bright, loving colors.Shinenoun
(Slang) Whiskey; moonshine.
Glowverb
(transitive) To make hot; to flush.
Shinenoun
Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a black person.
Glowverb
(intransitive) To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
Shineverb
(intransitive) To emit light.
Glownoun
The state of a glowing object.
Shineverb
(intransitive) To reflect light.
Glownoun
The condition of being passionate or having warm feelings.
Shineverb
(intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.Glownoun
The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one's face).
He had a bright red glow on his face.Shineverb
(intransitive) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
Glownoun
an alert and refreshed state
Shineverb
(intransitive) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
Glownoun
light from nonthermal sources
Shineverb
(intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
Glownoun
the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
Shineverb
(transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise.Glownoun
a feeling of considerable warmth;
the glow of new lovea glow of regretShineverb
(transitive) To cause to shine, as a light.
Glownoun
a steady even light without flames
Shineverb
To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on themGlownoun
the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
Shineverb
(transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.Glownoun
an appearance of reflected light
Shineverb
To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
Glowverb
emit a steady even light without flames;
The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the gardenShinenoun
Brightness from a source of light.
Glowverb
especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink;
Her face glowed when she came out of the saunaShinenoun
Brightness from reflected light.
Glowverb
shine intensely, as if with heat;
The coals were glowing in the darkThe candles were burningShinenoun
Excellence in quality or appearance.
Glowverb
be exuberant or high-spirited;
Make the people's hearts glowShinenoun
Shoeshine.
Glowverb
experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion;
She was beaming with joyHer face radiated with happinessShinenoun
Sunshine.
Shinenoun
(slang) Moonshine.
Shinenoun
(cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
Shinenoun
(slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
She's certainly taken a shine to you.Shinenoun
A caper; an antic; a row.
Shinenoun
the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
Shineverb
be bright by reflecting or casting light;
Drive carefully--the wet road reflectsShineverb
emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light;
The sun shone bright that dayThe fire beamed on their facesShineverb
be shiny, as if wet;
His eyes were glisteningShineverb
be distinguished or eminent;
His talent shinesShineverb
be clear and obvious;
A shining exampleShineverb
especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink;
Her face glowed when she came out of the saunaShineverb
throw or flash the light of (a lamp, etc.);
Shine the light on that window, pleaseShineverb
touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly;
Light fell on her faceThe sun shone on the fieldsThe light struck the golden necklaceA strange sound struck my earsShineverb
experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion;
She was beaming with joyHer face radiated with happinessShineverb
(of surfaces) make shine;
shine the silver, pleasepolish my shoes
