Glare vs. Glow: What's the Difference?
Glare and Glow Definitions
Glare
To stare fixedly and angrily.
Glow
To shine brightly and steadily, especially without a flame
Embers glowed in the furnace.
Glare
To shine intensely and blindingly
A hot sun glared down on the desert.
Glow
To have a bright, warm, usually reddish color
The children's cheeks glowed from the cold.
Glare
To be conspicuous; stand out obtrusively
The headline glared from the page.
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Glow
To flush; blush.
Glare
To express by staring angrily
He glared his disapproval.
Glow
To be exuberant or radiant
Parents glowing with pride.
Glare
A fierce or angry stare.
Glow
A light produced by a body heated to luminosity; incandescence.
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Glare
An intense, blinding light
Under the glare of the spotlights.
Glow
Brilliance or warmth of color, especially redness
"the evening glow of the city streets when the sun has gone behind the tallest houses" (Seán O'Faoláin).
Glare
Overwhelming attention or intrusiveness
The glare of publicity.
Glow
A sensation of physical warmth.
Glare
A sheet or surface of glassy and very slippery ice.
Glow
A warm feeling, as of pleasure or well-being.
Glare
(uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
Glow
To emit light as if heated.
The fire was still glowing after ten hours.
Glare
Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
Glow
(copulative) To radiate thermal heat.
Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point.
After their workout, the gymnasts' faces were glowing red.
Glare
An angry or fierce stare.
Glow
To display intense emotion.
The zealots glowed with religious fervor.
You are glowing from happiness!
Glare
(telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
Glow
To gaze especially passionately at something.
Glare
(US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
A glare of ice
Glow
To shine brightly and steadily.
The new baby's room glows with bright, loving colors.
Glare
A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
Glow
(transitive) To make hot; to flush.
Glare
(intransitive) To stare angrily.
He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.
Glow
(intransitive) To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
Glare
(intransitive) To shine brightly.
The sun glared down on the desert sand.
Glow
To be related to or part of an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
Glare
(intransitive) To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
Glow
To expose someone to the authorities.
Glare
(transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
Glow
To create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation.
Glare
Smooth and bright or translucent; glary
Skating on glare ice
Glow
The light given off by a glowing object.
Glare
To shine with a bright, dazzling light.
The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
Glow
The condition of being passionate or having warm feelings.
Glare
To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.
And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon.
Glow
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.
Glare
To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.
She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
Glow
To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.
Glare
To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
Every eyeGlared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
Glow
To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc.
Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays.
And glow with shame of your proceedings.
Glare
A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.
The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
Glow
To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
Did not his temples glowIn the same sultry winds and acrching heats?
The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.
Glare
A fierce, piercing look or stare.
About them round,A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
Glow
To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism.
With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows.
Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
Glare
A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.
Glow
To make hot; to flush.
Fans, whose wind did seemTo glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool.
Glare
A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.
Glow
White or red heat; incandscence.
Glare
Smooth and bright or translucent; - used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice.
Glow
Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks.
Glare
Great brightness;
A glare of sunlight
The flowers were a blaze of color
Glow
Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor.
The red glow of scorn.
Glare
An angry stare
Glow
Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by exercise, etc.
Glare
A focus of public attention;
He enjoyed being in the limelight
When Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency
Glow
An alert and refreshed state
Glare
Look at with a fixed gaze;
The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her
Glow
Light from nonthermal sources
Glare
Be sharply reflected;
The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface
Glow
The phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
Glare
Shine intensely;
The sun glared down on us
Glow
A feeling of considerable warmth;
The glow of new love
A glow of regret
Glow
A steady even light without flames
Glow
The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
Glow
An appearance of reflected light
Glow
Emit a steady even light without flames;
The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden
Glow
Especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink;
Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna
Glow
Shine intensely, as if with heat;
The coals were glowing in the dark
The candles were burning
Glow
Be exuberant or high-spirited;
Make the people's hearts glow
Glow
Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion;
She was beaming with joy
Her face radiated with happiness
