different between charm vs glitter

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: chärm, IPA^(key): /t???m/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chäm, IPA^(key): /t???m/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m

Etymology 1

From Middle English charme, from Old French charme (“chant, magic spell”), from Latin carmen (“song, incantation”).

Alternative forms

• charme (obsolete)

Noun

charm (countable and uncountable, plural charms)

1. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

   Synonyms: incantation, spell, talisman

2. (often in the plural) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.

   Synonyms: appeal, attraction, charisma

   Antonyms: boredom, dryness
3. A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.

   Synonyms: amulet, dangle, ornament

4. (particle physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.

   Coordinate term: strangeness
5. (finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.

   Synonyms: delta decay, DdeltaDtime

   Hypernym: Greeks

Translations

Verb

charm (third-person singular simple present charms, present participle charming, simple past and past participle charmed)

2. To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.

   Synonyms: delight, enchant, entrance
3. (transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence.

   Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, ensorcel, enspell
4. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
5. (obsolete, rare) To make music upon.
6. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Variant of chirm, from Middle English chirme, from Old English ?ierm (“cry, alarm”), from Proto-Germanic *karmiz.

Noun

charm (plural charms)

1. The mixed sound of many voices, especially of birds or children.
   • 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber and Faber 2005, p. 152:

     The laughter rose like the charm of starlings.

2. A flock, group (especially of finches).

Further reading

• charm (quantum number) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• charm quark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• March, march

Chinese

Etymology

Shortened from English charming.

Pronunciation

Adjective

charm

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, usually of a male) charming (clarification of this definition is needed)

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English charm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t???m]

Noun

charm c (singular definite charmen, plural indefinite charms)

1. charm (jewelry)

Inflection

Etymology 2

See charme (“to charm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????m]

Verb

charm

1. imperative of charme

Palauan

Noun

charm

1. animal

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?arm/

Noun

charm c

1. charm; the ability to persuade, delight, or arouse admiration

Declension

Related terms

• charma
• charmant
• charmera
• charmig
• charmerande
• charmör

English

Etymology

From Middle English gliteren, from Old Norse glitra, from Proto-Germanic *glitr?n? (“to glitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *??ley-.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l?t?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??l?t?/, [??l???]
• Rhymes: -?t?(r)

Noun

glitter (countable and uncountable, plural glitters)

1. A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance.
   • 1913, Mary Averill, Japanese flower arrangement Chapter 20

     This to them seems most like mother earth in color, and therefore best, as it is, to enhance the beauty of flowers instead of detracting from their exquisite shades. What a contrast to the glitter and show of our silver vases, which represent generally little else but their cost.

   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge Chapter 57

     As yet there had been no symptom of the news having any better foundation than in the fears of those who brought it, but The Boot had not been deserted five minutes, when there appeared, coming across the fields, a body of men who, it was easy to see, by the glitter of their arms and ornaments in the sun, and by their orderly and regular mode of advancing

2. A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.
3. (figuratively) Glitz.

Descendants

• ? Portuguese: glitter
• ? Spanish: glitter

Translations

Verb

glitter (third-person singular simple present glitters, present participle glittering, simple past and past participle glittered)

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

   a glittering sword

   the glittering ornaments on a Christmas tree

   • The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.

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

   the glittering scenes of a court

Derived terms

• all that glitters is not gold

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English glitter.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??li.te?/

Noun

glitter m (uncountable)

1. glitter (shiny, decorative dust)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English glitter.

Noun

glitter m (plural glitteres)

1. glitter

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from Old Norse glitra.

Noun

glitter n (uncountable)

1. glitter; a shiny, decorative adornment

Declension

Related terms

• glittra
• glittrig