different between sparklet vs sparkler

English

spark +? -let

sparklet (plural sparklets)

(archaic) A small spark.
- 1836, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
  A short time since, some friends drinking tea one summer evening at their residence near Maidenhead, with all the windows of the drawing-room open, there suddenly burst in a host of small flies, which covered the table and the furniture; every one of these emitted a sparklet of light, pure and intense like that of the glow-worm; and altogether they formed, for a few minutes, a spectacle as beautiful, as we should imagine it to be, in the British isles, uncommon.

sparkle +? -er

sparkler (plural sparklers)

A hand-held firework that emits sparks.
- 2006, Marcus Collins, Modern Love (page 258)
  The Playboy cover was of a girl in grey slacks and sandals, one hand on hip and the other waving a sparkler for Independence Day.
(slang) A gem or ornament that sparkles.
- 1964, Mexican Life: Mexico's Monthly Review (volume 40, page 65)
  When the bill came, I got a side-glance at it, and hoped Rose would have to hock her sparklers to pay it.
A vivacious and charismatic person.
(informal) A sparkling wine.
- 1984, Sheldon Wasserman, Pauline Wasserman, Sparkling Wine (page 238)
  Irvine's white, a grape variety named for Hans Irvine, who developed the vineyards at Great Western (now owned by Seppelt), is frequently used in the Australian sparklers.
A tiger beetle.
(dated) One who scatters; especially, one who scatters money; an improvident person.

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