<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">On Jul 29, 2020, at 10:49 AM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:</div><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">The difference between <i>glossy</i>
and <i>shiny</i> is NOT reducible to <i>glossy</i> being about
texture and <i>shiny</i> being about reflection.</div></blockquote><br><div>I largely agree. Reducing them to those ideas is not appropriare.</div><div><br></div><div>However, I cannot deny that if there were two bright and equally reflective objects, one smooth and the other not, I would call only the smooth one “glossy”. Similarly, with two reflective and equally smooth objects, one bright and the other not, I would call only the bright one “shiny”.</div><div><br></div><div>For me, the difference in meaning involves texture vs. brightness. They both certainly share other attributes.</div><div><br><div dir="ltr">-- ghunchu'wI'</div></div></body></html>