Difference between Glisten and Glitter

What is the difference between Glisten and Glitter?

Glisten as a verb is to reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash while Glitter as a verb is to sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.

Glisten

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a glittering shine; a scintillation, sparkle or flash

Glitter

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court.

Example sentence: My daughter loves to do art stuff. As a father, I like to play with her. We break out the big pads of paper and the glitter and all the stuff. She likes to do what she likes to do. I want to do something, too. So I've just started using her same materials - a lot of crayons, a lot of sparkle, charcoal, pencils, markers and glue.

We hope you now know whether to use Glisten or Glitter in your sentence.

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