different between flare vs glint

English

Etymology

Origin unknown, first recorded in the mid 16th century, probably related to Latin flagr? (“I burn”). Norwegian flara (“to blaze; to flaunt in gaudy attire”) has a similar meaning, but the English word predates it. Possibly related to Middle High German vlederen (“to flutter”), represented by modern German flattern.

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fl???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fl???/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophone: flair

Noun

flare (plural flares)

1. A sudden bright light.
2. A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.
   1. A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion, used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.
   2. (oil industry) A flame produced by a burn-off of waste gas (flare gas) from a flare tower (or flare stack), typically at an oil refinery.
3. (figuratively) A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.
4. A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.
5. (in the plural) Bell-bottom trousers.
6. (aviation) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
7. (baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.

   Synonyms: blooper, Texas leaguer
8. (American football) A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.
9. (photography) Short for lens flare.
10. An inflammation such as of tendons (tendonitis) or joints (osteoarthritis).

    Synonym: flare-up

11. A breakdance move of someone helicoptering his torso on alternating arms.

Hyponyms

• (pyrotechnic): Bengal light, fusee (“colored flare used as a warning on a railroad”) (US), parachute flare, Very light

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Verb

flare (third-person singular simple present flares, present participle flaring, simple past and past participle flared)

1. (transitive) To cause to burn.
2. (transitive) To cause inflammation; to inflame.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To open outward in shape.
4. (transitive, intransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
5. (intransitive) To blaze brightly.
6. (intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
7. (intransitive, figuratively) To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
8. (intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly happen or intensify.

   Synonym: flare up
9. (intransitive, figuratively) To suddenly erupt in anger.

   Synonym: flare up
10. (intransitive, obsolete) To be exposed to too much light.

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Translations

References

• flare in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• flare at OneLook Dictionary Search

Further reading

• flare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gas flare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• feral

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fla?re

Noun

flare

1. (astronomy) solar flare

Declension

Synonyms

• auringonpurkaus
• soihtupurkaus

Latin

Verb

fl?re

1. present active infinitive of fl?
2. second-person singular present passive imperative of fl?
3. second-person singular present passive indicative of fl?

English

Etymology

15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint; from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”); probably alteration of Old Norse [Term?]; from Middle High German glinzen; from Proto-Germanic *glintan?, *glintjan?; from Proto-Indo-European *??ley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Swedish glänta, glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt. Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

glint (plural glints)

1. A short flash of light.

   I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun.

Translations

Adjective

glint (comparative more glint, superlative most glint)

1. (archaic, Shropshire, of a blade) Not sharp; dull.

   The knife is glint.

Verb

glint (third-person singular simple present glints, present participle glinting, simple past and past participle glinted)

1. (intransitive) To flash or gleam briefly.

   A wedding ring glinted on her finger.

2. (intransitive) To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
   • 1785, Robert Burns, The Holy Fair

     The rising sun owre Galston muirs, / Wi' glorious light was glintin'

3. (transitive) To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect.
   • 1980, Inquiry Magazine

     The scientists theorized that a meteoroid, ranging in size from a speck of dust to a marble, might have struck the satellite and chipped off a bit of debris that glinted a ray of sun back on the Vela's second sensor […]

4. (archaic, Shropshire, transitive) To dry; to wither.

   The sun glints grass and corn.

Translations

References

• Wright, Joseph (1900) The English Dialect Dictionary?^[1], volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pages 644–645