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Terrlo56 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"glisten", "glitter" and "glare"

Hi teachers,

Would you please let me know the differences on "glisten", "glitter" and "glare", it is quite hard for me to disguish them. please give some examples.

Many thanks,
  

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com or any good dictionary. glisten gives me a soft, liquidy feeling. glitter gives me the feeling of an enormous number of tiny points of flickering light.

— CalifJim

  • com or any good dictionary.
  • glisten gives me a soft, liquidy feeling.
  • glitter gives me the feeling of an enormous number of tiny points of flickering light.
  • glare gives me a painful feeling of something that is too bright to look at.
  • CJ
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See www.m-w.com or any good dictionary.

glisten gives me a soft, liquidy feeling.
glitter gives me the feeling of an enormous number of tiny points of flickering light.
glare gives me a painful feeling of something that is too bright to look at.

CJ
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CalifJimSee www.m-w.com or any good dictionary.

glisten gives me a soft, liquidy feeling.
glitter gives me the feeling of an enormous number of tiny points of flickering light.
glare gives me a painful feeling of something that is too bright to look at.

CJ

Thanks CJ! So I can use those words to describe.
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Terrlo56
CalifJimSee www.m-w.com or any good dictionary.

glisten gives me a soft, liquidy feeling.
glitter gives me the feeling of an enormous number of tiny points of flickering light.
glare gives me a painful feeling of something that is too bright to look at.

CJ

Thanks CJ! So I
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Yes, although "glare" can also be, for example, when the sun shines on your computer screen and makes it hard to see, or when the light is so bright that it makes it hard to read what's on a printed page.
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