different between sparkle vs radiation

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sp??k?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sp??k?l/
• Rhymes: -??(r)k?l
• Homophone: SPARQL

Etymology 1

From Middle English sparkel, sparkle, sparcle, equivalent to spark +? -le (diminutive suffix).

Noun

sparkle (countable and uncountable, plural sparkles)

1. A little spark; a scintillation.
   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper.

2. Brilliance; luster.

3. Liveliness; vivacity.

4. The quality of being sparkling or fizzy; effervescence.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English sparklen, sperclen, equivalent to spark +? -le (frequentative verb). Cognate with Dutch sparkelen (“to sparkle”).

Alternative forms

• sparckle, sparcle (obsolete)

Verb

sparkle (third-person singular simple present sparkles, present participle sparkling, simple past and past participle sparkled)

1. (intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles

2. (by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle

   • A Mantelet vp on his shulder hangynge
     Bretful of Rubies reede / as fyr sparklynge
3. (intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
4. (intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce

5. (transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To disperse.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To scatter on or over.

Synonyms

• (glisten, flash): shine, glisten, scintillate, radiate, coruscate, glitter, twinkle

Derived terms

• asparkle
• sparkler
• sparkling water

Translations

References

• sparkle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• kerslap

Middle English

Noun

sparkle

1. Alternative form of sparkel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radiatio, radiationis.Morphologically radiate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?.di.?e?.??n/
• (some US dialects) IPA^(key): /?a?.di.?a?.??n/

Noun

radiation (countable and uncountable, plural radiations)

1. The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.

   heat radiation

   • 2016, Donald R. Prothero, The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals (page 136)

     The second [canid group] is the radiation of dogs in South America that began when the first canids arrived about 3 Ma, after crossing the Panama land bridge (Fig. 5.4).

2. The process of radiating waves or particles.
3. The transfer of energy via radiation (as opposed to convection or conduction).
4. Radioactive energy.

Related terms

• radiate

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• nucleomitophobia

Anagrams

• antiradio

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radiatio, radiationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.dja.sj??/

Noun

radiation f (plural radiations)

1. radiation (all meaning)

Related terms

• radier

Further reading

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