✅ Twilight refers to the period between day and night, when the light is low and soft (The house looked beautiful in the twilight).

✅ Gloaming can refer to the twilight, or to the darker part of the twilight, dusk. (She vanished into the gloaming).

✅ Twilight and gloaming both generally refer to the period of the evening when the light is low. Both words can also refer to the very early morning when the light is similarly low (He saw them approach at twilight; The dogs barked in the pre-dawn gloaming).

✅ Gloaming is primarily a literary word, and is less commonly used.

Describe a walk in the gloaming with the help of Grammar Coach.

✅ Translucent and diaphanous both describe things that you can almost see through.

✅ Translucent describes something that lets light through, but that you can’t see through clearly (translucent fabric; translucent paper).

✅ Diaphanous describes something that is very sheer, light, and delicate. It often describes something that seems hazy (diaphanous clouds).

✅ Diaphanous often describes fabric that is very light in weight, and see-through because of that lightness (A drapey, diaphanous gown).

Describe a diaphanous mist with the help of Grammar Coach.

✅ Shining describes something that is radiant or bright, either literally or metaphorically (By the time he finished polishing them, his boots were shining).

✅ Incandescent describes something particularly bright (the incandescent light from the chandelier).

✅ Incandescent is a stronger word than shining, and suggests something so bright it may be difficult to look at (The performance was, in a word, incandescent).

✅ Shining and incandescent can also both describe a person who seems to glow with a certain emotion (incandescent joy; Her eyes were shining with rage).

Describe an incandescent night sky with the help of Grammar Coach.