radiate vs shine

radiate

verb
  • To illuminate. 

  • To come out or proceed in rays or waves. 

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

  • To manifest oneself in a glowing manner. 

  • 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. 

shine

verb
  • To reflect light. 

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

  • To emit or reflect light so as to glow. 

  • To be effulgent in splendour or beauty. 

  • To distinguish oneself; to excel. 

  • To be immediately apparent. 

  • To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar). 

  • To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers. 

  • To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something). 

  • To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light. 

noun
  • Shoeshine. 

  • Brightness from reflected light. 

  • Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour. 

  • Brightness from a source of light. 

  • Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink. 

  • Sunshine. 

  • A liking for a person; a fancy. 

  • The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball. 

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