different between glare vs fulmination

English

Etymology

From Middle English glaren, from Old English glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *gl???n. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

glare (countable and uncountable, plural glares)

1. (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.

   • the frame of burnished steel that cast a glare

2. Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
3. An angry or fierce stare.
4. (telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
5. (US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.

   a glare of ice

6. A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

Translations

Verb

glare (third-person singular simple present glares, present participle glaring, simple past and past participle glared)

1. (intransitive) To stare angrily.

   He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
2. (intransitive) To shine brightly.

   The sun glared down on the desert sand.

   • The cavern glares with new-admitted light.

3. (intransitive) To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
   • 18th century, Alexander Pope, Epistle V to Miss Blount

     She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.

4. (transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

Coordinate terms

• scowl

Derived terms

• aglare
• glaringly
• glare filter

Translations

Adjective

glare (comparative more glare, superlative most glare)

1. (US, of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary

   skating on glare ice

Anagrams

• Agler, Alger, Elgar, Large, Ragle, ergal, lager, large, regal

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish glór.

Noun

glare f (genitive singular glare, plural glaraghyn)

1. speech
2. language, parlance
3. utterance

Derived terms

• glare-vroghe
• glareydagh (“linguistic; linguist”)
• lioar-ghlare (“literary language”)
• neughlaragh (“voiceless”)

Mutation

English

Etymology

From Middle French fulmination

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /f?lm??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

fulmination (countable and uncountable, plural fulminations)

1. The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
2. The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
   • 1919, H. L. Mencken, The American Language, chapter 23

     It is curious, reading the fulminations of American purists of the last generation, to note how many of the Americanisms they denounced have not only got into perfectly good usage at home but even broken down all guards across the ocean.

3. That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.

Related terms

• fulminate
• fulminator
• fulminating compound
• fulminic acid

Translations

Further reading

Wikipedia article on Explosive material

French

Noun

fulmination f (plural fulminations)

1. fulmination