help, differences among words

[massimo.parente]

I get confused when I need to use the following words because they are similiar but I'm sure that their meaning is slightly different.

1 - flame
2 - shine
3 - sparkle
4 - flare
5 - shimmer
6 - glimmer
7 - glisten
8 - glint

...and if you have more.

Since I cannnot find a difference among them, can you please associate an object to eache of that so that i can understand the real meaning?
For example:

shine - sun
glitter - star
...
and so on

Please help me!
Thanks a lot!

[MrPedantic]

Hello Mass

Here are some:

1 - flame ] like a piece of newspaper in a bonfire.
2 - shine ] like a well-polished floor.
3 - sparkle ] like a diamond.
4 - flare ] like magnesium powder, thrown on fire.
5 - shimmer ] like light reflected from moving silk or from a goldfish moving in water.
6 - glimmer ] like a distant candle in the dusk.
7 - glisten ] like the scales of a fish, or the flesh of someone who has just emerged from water.
8 - glint ] like a tiny vein of iron embedded in a piece of quartz.

MrP

[massimo.parente]

Thanks,
the explanation was very clear :)

Bye