Glimmer vs. Shimmer

Glimmernoun

A faint light; a dim glow.

Glimmernoun

A flash of light.

Glimmernoun

A faint or remote possibility.

Glimmernoun

(dated) mica

Glimmerverb

(intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.

Glimmerverb

To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.

Glimmernoun

A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.

Glimmernoun

Mica. See Mica.

Glimmernoun

a flash of light (especially reflected light)

Glimmernoun

a slight suggestion or vague understanding;

Glimmerverb

shine brightly, like a star or a light

Shimmerverb

(intransitive) To shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly

Shimmernoun

A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer.

Shimmerverb

To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.

Shimmernoun

A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.

Shimmernoun

a weak and tremulous light;

Shimmerverb

shine with a weak or fitful light;

Shimmerverb

give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

Shimmerverb

shine with a soft, slightly wavering light

Shimmernoun

a soft, slightly wavering light