illuminate vs scintillate

illuminate

verb
  • To glow; to light up. 

  • To be exposed to light. 

  • To shine light on something. 

  • To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs. 

  • To decorate something with lights. 

  • To clarify or make something understandable. 

  • To make spectacular. 

  • To direct a radar beam toward. 

noun
  • Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment. 

scintillate

verb
  • To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow. 

  • Of a star or other celestial body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle. 

  • Especially of a phosphor: to emit a flash of light upon absorbing ionizing radiation. 

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