Sheen vs. Shine

Sheenadjective

Beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.

Sheennoun

Splendor; radiance; shininess.

Sheennoun

A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface.

Sheenverb

To shine; to glisten.

Sheenadjective

Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny.

Sheenverb

To shine; to glisten.

Sheennoun

Brightness; splendor; glitter.

Sheennoun

the visual property of something that shines with reflected light

Shineverb

(intransitive) To emit light.

Shineverb

(intransitive) To reflect light.

Shineverb

(intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.

Shineverb

(intransitive) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.

Shineverb

(intransitive) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.

Shineverb

(intransitive) To be immediately apparent.

Shineverb

(transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).

Shineverb

(transitive) To cause to shine, as a light.

Shineverb

To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.

Shineverb

(transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).

Shineverb

To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

Shinenoun

Brightness from a source of light.

Shinenoun

Brightness from reflected light.

Shinenoun

Excellence in quality or appearance.

Shinenoun

Shoeshine.

Shinenoun

Sunshine.

Shinenoun

(slang) Moonshine.

Shinenoun

(cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.

Shinenoun

(slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.

Shinenoun

A caper; an antic; a row.

Shineverb

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.

Shineverb

To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.

Shineverb

To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.

Shineverb

To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.

Shineverb

To cause to shine, as a light.

Shineverb

To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them.

Shinenoun

The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.

Shinenoun

Sunshine; fair weather.

Shinenoun

A liking for a person; a fancy.

Shinenoun

Caper; antic; row.

Shineadjective

Shining; sheen.

Shinenoun

the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

Shineverb

be bright by reflecting or casting light;

Shineverb

emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light;

Shineverb

be shiny, as if wet;

Shineverb

be distinguished or eminent;

Shineverb

be clear and obvious;

Shineverb

especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink;

Shineverb

throw or flash the light of (a lamp, etc.);

Shineverb

touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly;

Shineverb

experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion;

Shineverb

(of surfaces) make shine;

Shineverb

(of the sun or another source of light) give out a bright light

Shineverb

glow or be bright with reflected light

Shineverb

(of a person's eyes) be bright with emotion

Shineverb

direct (a torch or other light) somewhere in order to see something in the dark

Shineverb

be very talented or perform very well

Shineverb

make (an object made of leather, metal, or wood) bright by rubbing it; polish

Shinenoun

a quality of brightness produced when light is reflected on something

Shinenoun

an act of rubbing something to give it a shiny surface