Candescent vs. Incandescent: What's the Difference?

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  • Candescent (adjective)

    glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent

  • Incandescent (adjective)

    emitting light as a result of being heated

  • Incandescent (adjective)

    shining very brightly

  • Incandescent (adjective)

    showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.

  • Incandescent (noun)

    An incandescent lamp or bulb

Wiktionary
  • Candescent (adjective)

    glowing with heat; luminous.

  • Incandescent (adjective)

    emitting light as a result of being heated

    “plumes of incandescent liquid rock”

  • Incandescent (adjective)

    (of an electric light) containing a filament which glows white-hot when heated by a current passed through it

    “an incandescent lamp”

  • Incandescent (adjective)

    full of strong emotion; passionate

    “she felt an incandescent love for life”

  • Incandescent (adjective)

    extremely angry

    “I am incandescent at the way I’ve been treated”

Oxford Dictionary

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