different between sparkling vs lucid

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sp??kl???/, /?sp??kl??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sp??kl???/, /?sp??kl??/
• Hyphenation: spark?ling

Verb

sparkling

1. Present participle and gerund of sparkle.

Adjective

sparkling (not comparable)

1. Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
2. Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
3. (figuratively) Brilliant and vivacious.

Synonyms

• (of an object, reflecting light): glistening, twinkling
• (of a beverage): fizzy, carbonated; see also Thesaurus:effervescent

Antonyms

• (of a beverage): noncarbonated, still; see also Thesaurus:noneffervescent

Translations

Noun

sparkling (plural sparklings)

1. Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
   • 1820, Nathaniel John Hollingsworth, The Renegade and Other Poems, "Song"

     Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.

2. A sparkling wine.
   • 2011, Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)

     Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.

English

Etymology

Latin lucidus, from lux (“light”) + -idus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l(j)u?s?d/
• Rhymes: -u?s?d

Adjective

lucid (comparative lucider or more lucid, superlative lucidest or most lucid)

1. clear; easily understood
2. mentally rational; sane
3. bright, luminous, translucent or transparent

Synonyms

• (easily understood): clear, perspicuous, straightforward; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible
• (mentally rational): coherent, sane
• (bright): brilliant, light
• (luminous): glowing, radiant; See also Thesaurus:shining
• (transparent): clear, pellucid, see-through, transparent; See also Thesaurus:transparent or Thesaurus:translucent

Derived terms

• lucid dream
• lucidity (noun)
• lucidly (adverb)

Related terms

• elucidate

Translations

Noun

lucid (plural lucids)

1. A lucid dream.
   • 1986, Benjamin B. Wolman, Montague Ullman, Handbook of states of consciousness (page 163)

     The day before nightmare-initiated lucids, subjects reported more depressed feelings […]

Anagrams

• Ludic, dulic, ludic

Romanian

Etymology

From French lucide

Adjective

lucid m or n (feminine singular lucid?, masculine plural lucizi, feminine and neuter plural lucide)

1. lucid, clear-sighted

Declension

Related terms

• luciditate

Spanish

Verb

lucid

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