radiant vs scintillating

radiant

adj
  • Radiating light and/or heat. 

  • Emitted as radiation. 

  • Emitting or proceeding as if from a center. 

  • Strikingly beautiful. 

  • Giving off rays; said of a bearing. 

  • Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers. 

  • Beaming with vivacity and happiness. 

noun
  • The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower. 

  • A point source from which radiation is emitted. 

  • A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve. 

scintillating

adj
  • That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling. 

  • Brilliantly or impressively clever, exciting, amusing or witty. 

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