What's the difference between blustering and lustering?
Blustering
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bluster
(a.) Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous.
(a.) Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous.
Example Sentences:
(1) North Korea's blustering defiance at the annual US-South Korean exercises masks just a little fear that they could easily be turned into an all-out attack, and seems to work on the principle that the more you shout, the safer you will be.
(2) For all the bluster from Coalition MPs, farming communities will lose out.
(3) Ed Balls's bluster is confused and hypocritical when the reality is he'd do it all again," Fallon said.
(4) The curse of playing Ari Gold is that Jeremy Piven may have to spend the rest of his life trying to convince the world he is not a rage-fuelled blustering asshole.
(5) At which point restraint becomes as powerful as the Seeds' ravenous beer-hall bluster; a ten-minute Stagger Lee is a masterclass in tension and drama, Cave balancing precariously on the crowd barrier with audience members holding him up by the boot-heel as he leans out to sing his tale of a deviant killer directly into the eyes of a hypnotised girl in white hoisted on someone's shoulders.
(6) Cameron added that recent warnings from banks such as Lloyds and RBS, and from firms such as BP and Shell proved that the economic and financial risks of independence were not bluff and bluster or bullying.
(7) A steady rise in the yes vote in recent opinion polls also established that voters did not buy "the bluff and bluster" of those opposed to independence.
(8) He has a pretty easy ride if he’s prepared but if he tries to bluster it could hurt him,” Mann said.
(9) Terre'Blanche's credibility as a political leader collapsed after the anti-black threats voiced by the extreme white right proved to be little more than bluster.
(10) But for all Clegg's bluster, he's not setting tough enough tests for the changes the prime minister must make to his NHS plans.
(11) This is nothing but bluster and hot air with precisely nothing achieved.
(12) The book has action, but it also has a point; it has pathos, where the film is all comic-action bluster.
(13) Besides the election of Trump, with all his attendant nationalist bluster and populist economic and trade pronouncements, Brexit has seen the UK turn its back on Europe on the back of economic and immigration concerns, and closer to home, the 2016 federal election culminated in the resurgence of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party.
(14) While many fiscal conservatives view Huckabee warily, he has a solid social conservative thread and a folksy charm that would pair well with Trump’s big city bluster.
(15) Underneath all the showbiz bluster, he was an old softie.
(16) From all accounts, he was a bully, a manipulator, and a blustering, pessimistic, emotionally dishonest man.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Hillary Clinton criticizes the ‘bluster and bigotry’ of the Republican campaign Before Tuesday’s elections, Clinton was ahead of Sanders by 673 to 477 pledged delegates and – with the vast majority of super delegates too – was nearly halfway to securing the 2,383 needed to clinch the Democratic nomination.
(18) On the other hand, if Iran is dragging its feet and compliance problems have arisen, that would make it much easier for a new president to walk away from the deal.” Einhorn also expressed doubts that a Republican president, for all of the bluster among the current crop of candidates, would actually turn his back on an agreement if it appeared to be working.
(19) I think I have made a lot of sacrifices,” he blustered.
(20) In the past, Zevon has occasionally been guilty of LA sludge-rock bluster, but these songs flash back to the rough simplicity of his original inspiration, Bob Dylan.
Lustering
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lustre
(n.) The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery.
(n.) The brightening of a metal in the crucible when it becomes pure, as in certain refining processes.
Example Sentences:
(1) Many ceramists advocate polishing, rather than glazing, to control the surface luster of metal ceramic restorations.
(2) Tytin had the highest luster with Lojic and Futura having a generally dark surface after 3 years clinical service.
(3) The results showed that the high speed finishing technique by twelve and thirty fluted carbide burs and final polishing with Command Ultrafine Luster Paste produces the smoothest and flatest surface of HERCULITE XR.
(4) Their expulsions, upholding the actions of IOC leadership in late January, marked a watershed in the worst scandal in Olympic history and, officials hoped, the start of a reform process to regain the luster of the five rings.
(5) SS patients also complain of dryness of their hair and note a decrease in luster, and severe dryness of the skin is frequently accompanied by pruritus.
(6) All amalgam samples exhibit a gradual loss of the surface luster with blackish discoloration and pitting after a long exposure period to the medium.
(7) 61, 41-53] that 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) produces toxic responses through persistent occupancy of nuclear thyroxine (T4) receptors, and that maintenance of receptor occupancy by supraphysiologic concentrations of thyroid hormones mimics TCDD toxicity [L. H. Hong, J. D. McKinney, and M. I. Luster (1987).
(8) The endoscopic findings showed changes in the bronchial wall consisting of reddening, pallor, absence of mucosal luster, edema, engorgement of blood vessels, irregular mucosal surface, and elevated mucosa.
(9) After a year it was concluded that composites on which the resin coating is intact maintain their color match, luster, and smoothness significantly better than uncoated composite restorations.
(10) In the CNS of the giant barnacle (Balanus nubilus) a single pair of large neuronal somata (cross-commissural, or CC, cells), located near the entry of the median ocellar nerve, occasionally displays a prominent whitish luster.
(11) Lesions ranged from loss of surface luster to erosions and deep ulcers with eburnation of the subchondral bone and secondary proliferative synovitis.
(12) The corneas have remained clear and lusterous without tears in Descemet's membrane.
(13) The data suggest that limited mobility, changes in color, poor luster, and relative opacity of the tympanic membrane occur in healthy neonates and may reflect physiologic changes unique to the newborn period.
(14) However, the alloy with Pd showed a significant superiority in surface luster over this time period.
(15) Future research should be directed to developing solution cleansers which can maintain plaque-free dentures with a daily soaking period of 15 to 30 minutes and not affect the color and surface luster of the denture acrylic resin.
(16) The luster of the term has dimmed with overuse, but it is a much more accurate description of not just what ending poverty will give us, but how we might accomplish it.
(17) All 20 nails are uniformly affected with excessive longitudinal striations and loss of nail luster.
(18) Results showed that composites glazed with resin coating finishes at placement maintained their luster, color match, and surface smoothness significantly better after one year than composites that were not coated.
(19) The overspray aerosol from six paints consisted of organic paint binders with varying amounts of inorganic species as pigments or luster enhancers.
(20) Within a few minutes corneal changes occurred that were characterized by viscous mucus, loss of corneal luster and dryness.