Radiant vs. Iridescent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Radiant and Iridescent
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Definitions
Radiant
Sending out light; shining or glowing brightly
A bird with radiant green and red plumage
Iridescent
Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors
An iridescent oil slick.
Iridescent plumage.
Radiant
(of electromagnetic energy, especially heat) transmitted by radiation, rather than conduction or convection
Plants convert the radiant energy of the sun into chemical energy
Iridescent
Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful in effect or appearance
"The prelude was as iridescent as a prism in a morning room" (Carson McCullers).
Radiant
A point or object from which light or heat radiates, especially a heating element in an electric or gas heater
I sat down by my hissing gas fire—one of the radiants was missing
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Iridescent
(not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
Radiant
Emitting heat or light
A radiant star.
Iridescent
Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.
Radiant
Consisting of or emitted as radiation
Radiant heat.
Iridescent
Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass. See iridescence.
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Radiant
Filled with light shining especially as rays; brightly shining
A radiant morning.
Iridescent
Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles;
Changeable taffeta
Chatoyant (or shot) silk
A dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent
Radiant
Showing or expressing vitality or joy
Radiant eyes.
A radiant smile.
Iridescent
Having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors;
An iridescent oil slick
Nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl
A milky opalescent (or opaline) luster
Radiant
Splendid; glorious
Radiant beauty.
A radiant future.
Radiant
An object or point from which light or heat rays are emitted.
Radiant
(Astronomy) The apparent celestial origin of a meteoric shower.
Radiant
Radiating light and/or heat.
The radiant sun
Radiant
Emitted as radiation.
Radiant
Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
A radiant face
Radiant
Strikingly beautiful.
Radiant
Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
Radiant
(heraldry) Giving off rays; said of a bearing.
The sun radiant;
A crown radiant
Radiant
(botany) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
Radiant
A point source from which radiation is emitted.
Radiant
(astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
Radiant
(geometry) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
Radiant
Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate.
Radiant
Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun.
Mark what radiant state she spreads.
Radiant
Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face.
Radiant
Giving off rays; - said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; a crown radiant.
Radiant
Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; - said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
Radiant
Emitted or transmitted by radiation; as, a radiant energy; radiant heat.
Radiant
The luminous point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly.
Radiant
A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
Radiant
The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate.
Radiant
Radiating or as if radiating light;
The beaming sun
The effulgent daffodils
A radiant sunrise
A refulgent sunset
