<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I’d be interested in the general reaction to what I would expect the difference between glossy and shiny might be:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Glossy surfaces have diffuse reflection. Shiny things have direct reflection.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can see an image in a shiny surface (though you may need to magnify the surface to see that image, as in the afore-mentioned chain mail). You can’t generally see distinct images on any scale in glossy surfaces.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So, shiny things tend to be silvery, while glossy things tend to have colors other than silver.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Is this useful or misguided?</div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 28, 2020, at 10:34 AM, janSIy . <<a href="mailto:kenjutsuka@live.com" class="">kenjutsuka@live.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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I agree that there is significant overlap and that a second word was not really necessary.<br class="">
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However, being in this situation now, I would say that the difference is the smoothness. Glossy = shiny + smooth. All glossy things are shiny, not all shiny things are glossy.<span id="ms-outlook-android-cursor" class=""></span> The blade of my katana is shiny, but
not glossy. The lacquer on the scabbard is glossy.<br class="">
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I would further suggest that only a coating can be glossy and not an uncoated object, but I haven't fully explored and tested that concept.<br class="">
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<div class="PlainText">Am 28.07.2020 um 14:53 schrieb SuStel:<br class="">
> <a href="https://wikidiff.com/shiny/glossy#:~:text=As%20adjectives%20the%20difference%20between,smooth%2C%20silklike%2C%20reflective%20surface" class="">
https://wikidiff.com/shiny/glossy#:~:text=As%20adjectives%20the%20difference%20between,smooth%2C%20silklike%2C%20reflective%20surface</a>.<br class="">
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Thanks, that looks useful, but still doesn't help, because there is<br class="">
overlap in meaning.<br class="">
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When I read "reflective surface" I think of a blade, which is {boch}.<br class="">
And a glossy surface might still be reflecting light, does it not?<br class="">
That's what the wikipeida article explains as well....<br class="">
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Does maybe "glossy" refer to the surface quality, while "shiny" says<br class="">
what it does? So could I say that a glossy surface is shiny?<br class="">
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