Fluorescent vs. Neon: What's the Difference?

Of or relating to fluorescence.

Symbol Ne A rare, inert gaseous element occurring in the atmosphere to the extent of 18 parts per million and obtained by fractional distillation of liquid air. It is colorless but glows reddish orange in an electric discharge and is used in lasers, as a cryogen, and in cathode-ray tubes and other display devices. Atomic number 10; atomic weight 20.180; melting point -248.59°C; boiling point -246.08°C. See Periodic Table.

Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence

Electric signage made with neon lights.

Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid

An extremely bright shade of a color.

Of or relating to a light bulb that produces visible light by fluorescence, especially a glass tube whose inner wall is coated with a material that fluoresces when an electrical current causes a vapor within the tube to discharge photons.

A neon tetra.

A fluorescent light bulb.

Of, relating to, or containing neon.

A lamp that is fitted with a fluorescent light bulb.

Of or relating to a form of lighting used especially on advertising signs and consisting of glass tubes filled with neon or other gases that emit colored light when subjected to an electric current.

Of or relating to fluorescence.

Extremely bright or vivid; fluorescent

Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.

Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the passage of an electrical current through an inert gas infused with mercury.

(countable) A form or sample of the element.

Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid

Neon signs or lights, collectively.

A fluorescent light.

(countable) A neon tetra fish.

Having the property of fluorescence.

(of a color) That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent

Emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source

A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts

Brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light;