different between radiate vs glare

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?

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”)

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