different between radiant vs vivid

English

Etymology

From Middle French radiant, from Latin radians, radiantis, present participle of radiare (“to emit rays or beams”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?di.?nt/

Adjective

radiant (comparative more radiant, superlative most radiant)

1. Radiating light and/or heat.

2. Emitted as radiation.
3. Beaming with vivacity and happiness.

   • His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?!  You?!  Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

4. Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
5. (heraldry) Giving off rays; said of a bearing.

6. (botany) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.

Translations

Noun

radiant (plural radiants)

1. A point source from which radiation is emitted.
2. (astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
3. (geometry) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.

Translations

Anagrams

• anti-rad, antirad, intrada, itardan

French

Pronunciation

Verb

radiant

1. present participle of radier

Latin

Verb

radiant

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French radiant.

Adjective

radiant m or n (feminine singular radiant?, masculine plural radian?i, feminine and neuter plural radiante)

1. radiant

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek ???? (bíos, “life”).

The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from a brand name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?v?d/

Adjective

vivid (comparative vivider, superlative vividest)

1. (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
2. (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
3. Full of life, strikingly alive.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

vivid (plural vivids)

1. (New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Verb

vivid

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of vivir.