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reko

31 mar 2014

Giapponese

Inglese (Stati Uniti)
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Qual è la differenza tra scintillant e sparkly ?Sentiti libero di rispondere con un esempio.

Which is more dangerous?

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naerylan

31 mar 2014

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Inglese (Stati Uniti)

I've only heard scintillant used to describe the way light glimmers off the facets of a cut gemstone. And as above, it is extremely rare that you hear it at all. I would bet a large number of English speakers have never seen the word.

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jessenstein

31 mar 2014

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

I guess scintillant specifically describes a short/instant flash of spark-like light. Sparkly is more of a general word that describes any duration of shining.

I've never heard anyone use the word scintillant before; I assume it's a rare word.

naerylan

31 mar 2014

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

I've only heard scintillant used to describe the way light glimmers off the facets of a cut gemstone. And as above, it is extremely rare that you hear it at all. I would bet a large number of English speakers have never seen the word.

reko

1 apr 2014

Giapponese

Thank you for your explanation.
I see. I'll use "sparkly".
I looked up those words in a dictionary to describe that a electrical cable was sparkling.

In fact, the cable in front of my house is sparkling. I think it's so dangerous. So I was looking for a dangerous word to tell this situation.

jessenstein

1 apr 2014

Inglese (Stati Uniti)

Then correct word to use would be "Sparking" which means that sparks are flying off of it.

'The cable is sparking.'
or 'The cable is emitting sparks.'

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Qual è la differenza tra scintillant e sparkly ?Sentiti libero di rispondere con un esempio.

I've only heard scintillant used to describe the way light glimmers off the facets of a cut gemstone. And as above, it is extremely rare that you hear it at all. I would bet a large number of English speakers have never seen the word.

I guess scintillant specifically describes a short/instant flash of spark-like light. Sparkly is more of a general word that describes any duration of shining. I've never heard anyone use the word scintillant before; I assume it's a rare word.

I've only heard scintillant used to describe the way light glimmers off the facets of a cut gemstone. And as above, it is extremely rare that you hear it at all. I would bet a large number of English speakers have never seen the word.

Then correct word to use would be "Sparking" which means that sparks are flying off of it. 'The cable is sparking.'or 'The cable is emitting sparks.'

I guess scintillant specifically describes a short/instant flash of spark-like light. Sparkly is more of a general word that describes any duration of shining.

I've never heard anyone use the word scintillant before; I assume it's a rare word.

Then correct word to use would be "Sparking" which means that sparks are flying off of it.

'The cable is sparking.'
or 'The cable is emitting sparks.'