🆚What is the difference between "sparkle – glitter – glisten " and " – gleam – glimmer – shimmer" ? "sparkle – glitter – glisten " vs " – gleam – glimmer – shimmer" ? (2025)

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These are descriptive words, so it’s super hard to explain with out showing your the action to relate to each word as they are all slightly different. I’ll try and provide examples;

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natashasharikova1

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How are sparkle, glitter, glisten, gleam, glimmer, and shimmer different?

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I’ll try and provide examples;

That diamond ring 💍 really sparkles.

She decorated her picture with paint and glitter.

There was a heavy dew making the grass glisten.

She gazed at her for a long time looking at the gleam in her eye.

I stood looking at the house and saw a glimmer of light. ( just a little bit of light)

The eyeshadow really shimmers under the light.

I really hope that helps, that was a hard one! 🙈😊

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