What's the difference between aglow and lambent?

Aglow


Definition:

  • (adv. & a.) In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I composed myself enough to offer him a beer (he had one, but paid for his own) and ask him about the football coaching programmes he runs in the city's favelas, but inside I was aglow.
  • (2) Directing proceedings from a stage emblazoned with BP’s green and yellow sunburst livery, chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg appeared aglow with satisfaction at the oil-and-gas group’s shareholder meeting two weeks ago as plaudits rained in from the unlikeliest quarters.
  • (3) While most concerts are now aglow with phones and tablets, Bush is taking a stand against fans watching her shows through the digital veil of a screen.
  • (4) On Tuesday night, hours after the trust was kicked out of the Arts Council's national portfolio, it was due to receive an annual visit from the Yorkshire poet Simon Armitage, aglow from rave reviews for his stage adaptation of the Iliad, The Last Days of Troy .

Lambent


Definition:

  • (a.) Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
  • (a.) Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Then it's off  out to treat the world to the sight of their lissom frames, youthful musculature and poreless, naturally lambent skin whose glow seems to reach out and greet the sun as a cousin.
  • (2) And there are indeed nods to krautrock and specifically Can's lambent dance music and to the NYC punk-funk of James Chance and His Contortions , with some of the excitement and energy of present-day London, and as soon as we find out what happened musically in late-50s Egypt we'll report right back.
  • (3) Night has fallen on Volterra, but the stars are lambent, despite harsh lights around the fortress wall.

Words possibly related to "aglow"