different between glint vs radiate

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare (“to radiate, furnish with spokes, give out rays, radiate, shine”), from radius (“a spoke, ray”).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /??e?die?t/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /??e?die?t/, /??e?di.?t/

Verb

radiate (third-person singular simple present radiates, present participle radiating, simple past and past participle radiated)

1. To extend, send or spread out from a center like radii.
   • 1994, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates

     Oban is not a terminus; its routes radiate by sea, rail and road.
2. (transitive) To emit rays or waves.

   The stove radiates heat.

3. (intransitive) To come out or proceed in rays or waves.

   The heat radiates from a stove.

   • 1706, John Locke, Elements of Natural Philosophy

     Light radiates from luminous bodies directly to our eyes.
4. (transitive) To illuminate.
5. To expose to ionizing radiation, such as by radiography.
6. (transitive) To manifest oneself in a glowing manner.
7. (ecology, intransitive) to spread into new habitats, migrate.

Synonyms

• (to expose to radiation): irradiate

Derived terms

• radiator

Related terms

• radiation

Translations

Adjective

radiate (comparative more radiate, superlative most radiate)

1. Radiating from a center; having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated.

   a radiate crystal

2. Surrounded by rays, such as the head of a saint in a religious picture.
3. (botany) Having parts radiating from the center, like the petals in many flowers.
4. (botany) Consisting of a disc in which the florets are tubular.
5. (biology) Having radial symmetry, like a seastar.
6. (zoology) Belonging to the Radiata.

Translations

Noun

radiate (plural radiates)

1. (zoology) One of the Radiata.

Related terms

• radial
• radiation
• radio
• radius
• ray

Further reading

• radiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• radiate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• radiate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• airdate, ardaite, tiaraed

Esperanto

Adverb

radiate

1. present adverbial passive participle of radii

Italian

Verb

radiate

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of radere
2. second-person plural present indicative of radiare
3. second-person plural imperative of radiare
4. second-person plural present subjunctive of radiare
5. feminine plural of radiato

Anagrams

• aderita, adirate, ardiate, datarie, daterai

Latin

Verb

radi?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of radi?