Bling vs. Glitter: What's the Difference?

Jewelry or fashion accessories, usually made of metal or other shiny material.

A sparkling or glistening light.

Showy or ostentatious items.

Brilliant or showy, often superficial attractiveness.

Deliberately showy; ostentatious.

Small pieces of light-reflecting decorative material.

Alternative form of bling bling

To sparkle brilliantly; glisten

Ostentatious display of richness or style.

To be reflected as a sparkling or glistening light

A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance.

A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.

(figurative) Glitz.

To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.

To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive.

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.

A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.

The quality of glittering or sparkling brightly

The occurrence of a small flash or spark

Be shiny, as if wet;