Glare vs. Glow

Glare vs. Glow — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Glare and Glow

Glarenoun

(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.

Glowverb

To give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated.

The fire was still glowing after ten hours.

Glarenoun

Showy brilliance; gaudiness.

Glowverb

To radiate some emotional quality like light.

The zealots glowed with religious fervor.You are glowing from happiness!

Glarenoun

An angry or fierce stare.

Glowverb

To gaze especially passionately at something.

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Glarenoun

(telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.

Glowverb

To radiate thermal heat.

Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point.After their workout, the gymnasts' faces were glowing red.

Glarenoun

(US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.

a glare of ice

Glowverb

To shine brightly and steadily.

The new baby's room glows with bright, loving colors.

Glarenoun

A viscous, transparent substance; glair.

Glowverb

(transitive) To make hot; to flush.

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Glareverb

(intransitive) To stare angrily.

He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.

Glowverb

(intransitive) To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.

Glareverb

(intransitive) To shine brightly.

The sun glared down on the desert sand.

Glownoun

The state of a glowing object.

Glareverb

(intransitive) To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.

Glownoun

The condition of being passionate or having warm feelings.

Glareverb

(transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

Glownoun

The brilliance or warmth of color in an environment or on a person (especially one's face).

He had a bright red glow on his face.

Glareadjective

smooth and bright or translucent; glary

skating on glare ice

Glownoun

an alert and refreshed state

Glarenoun

great brightness;

a glare of sunlightthe flowers were a blaze of color

Glownoun

light from nonthermal sources

Glarenoun

an angry stare

Glownoun

the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised

Glarenoun

a focus of public attention;

he enjoyed being in the limelightwhen Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency

Glownoun

a feeling of considerable warmth;

the glow of new lovea glow of regret

Glareverb

look at with a fixed gaze;

The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her

Glownoun

a steady even light without flames

Glareverb

be sharply reflected;

The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface

Glownoun

the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

Glareverb

shine intensely;

The sun glared down on us

Glownoun

an appearance of reflected light

Glowverb

emit a steady even light without flames;

The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden

Glowverb

especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink;

Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna

Glowverb

shine intensely, as if with heat;

The coals were glowing in the darkThe candles were burning

Glowverb

be exuberant or high-spirited;

Make the people's hearts glow

Glowverb

experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion;

She was beaming with joyHer face radiated with happiness