glitter vs radiate

glitter

verb
  • To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam. 

  • To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive. 

noun
  • A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork. 

  • Glitz. 

  • A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance. 

radiate

verb
  • To manifest oneself in a glowing manner. 

  • To come out or proceed in rays or waves. 

  • To illuminate. 

  • To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography. 

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

  • To emit rays or waves. 

  • to spread into new habitats, migrate. 

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

  • Having radial symmetry, like a seastar. 

  • Belonging to the Radiata. 

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

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

  • Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular. 

noun
  • One of the Radiata. 

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