different between pomp vs glitter

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek ????? (pomp?, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from ????? (pémp?, “I send”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pomp (countable and uncountable, plural pomps)

1. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
2. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.

Related terms

• pompous
• pomposity
• hypnopompic

Derived terms

• pomp and circumstance

Translations

Verb

pomp (third-person singular simple present pomps, present participle pomping, simple past and past participle pomped)

1. (obsolete) To make a pompous display; to conduct.
   • 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwood

     pomp'd for those hard trifles

Further reading

• pomp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pomp in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pomp at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pomp”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pomp, from Middle Dutch pompe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?mp/

Noun

pomp (plural pompe, diminutive pompie)

1. pump (device for moving liquid or gas)

Danish

Etymology

From German Pomp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?mp/, [p??m?b?]

Noun

pomp c (singular definite pompen, not used in plural form)

1. pomp (show of magnificence)

Synonyms

• pragt

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pompe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?mp/
• Hyphenation: pomp
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

pomp f (plural pompen, diminutive pompje n)

1. pump (device for moving liquid or gas)

Derived terms

• benzinepomp
• bierpomp
• fietspomp
• maagpomp
• pompen
• scheepspomp
• stadspomp
• voetpomp
• waterpomp

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pomp
• ? Indonesian: pompa
• ? Japanese: ???
• ? Sranan Tongo: pompu
  • ? Aukan: pompu

Icelandic

Etymology

Probably a loan word from the Danish pomp, from the French pompe, from the Latin pompa (“display, parade, procession”), from Ancient Greek ????? (pomp?, “a sending”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??m?p/
• Rhymes: -?m?p

Noun

pomp n (genitive singular pomps)

1. ceremony, pomp

Declension

Synonyms

• (ceremony, pomp): viðhöfn, skraut

Derived terms

• pomp og prakt

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