different between glittering vs coruscant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?t????/

Verb

glittering

1. present participle of glitter

Adjective

glittering (comparative more glittering, superlative most glittering)

1. Brightly sparkling.
2. (figuratively) Valuable, desirable.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p.85:

     Gaur was an example of a man without a BA who seemed infinitely better educated than the fellows who left Fort Hare with glittering degrees.

Synonyms

• aglitter

Translations

Noun

glittering (plural glitterings)

1. The appearance of something that glitters.

   • Every man carries about him a touchstone, if he will make use of it, to distinguish substantial gold from superficial glitterings, truth from appearances.

English

Etymology

From Latin corusc?ns (“glittering”), present participle of corusc?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k????sk?nt/

Adjective

coruscant (comparative more coruscant, superlative most coruscant)

1. Emitting flashes of light; glittering.
   • 1950, Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky, Tor, page 71:

     It had not the unbearable glory of the skies of the Central Worlds, where star elbowed star in such blinding competition that the black of night was nearly lost in a coruscant explosion of light.

French

Etymology

From Latin corusc?ns

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.?ys.k??/

Adjective

coruscant (feminine singular coruscante, masculine plural coruscants, feminine plural coruscantes)

1. coruscant

Further reading

• “coruscant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ko?rus.kant/, [k????s?kän?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko?rus.kant/, [k???usk?n?t?]

Verb

coruscant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of corusc?