different between sparkle vs vividness
sparkle
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)
- 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.
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- Brilliance; luster.
- Liveliness; vivacity.
- 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)
- (intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles
- (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
- A Mantelet vp on his shulder hangynge
- (intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
- (intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce
- (transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
- (transitive, obsolete) To disperse.
- (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
- Alternative form of sparkel
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vividness
English
Etymology
vivid +? -ness
Noun
vividness (usually uncountable, plural vividnesses)
- The quality or state of being vivid.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 118):
- I felt light-headed; grotesque hallucinations materialised before me with startling vividness.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 118):
Synonyms
- vividity (rare)
Translations
Further reading
- vividness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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