different between conspicuous vs glaring

English

Etymology

From Latin conspicuus (“visible, striking”), from c?nspicere (“to notice”), from con- (“with, together”) + specere (“to look at”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?sp?k.ju.?s/

Adjective

conspicuous (comparative more conspicuous, superlative most conspicuous)

1. Obvious or easy to notice.
2. Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
   • 1969, Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet, Penguin Books Ltd, page 6:

     For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous.

Synonyms

• (easy to notice): observable, perceivable; see also Thesaurus:perceptible
• (attracting attention): flashy, prominent

Antonyms

• (all): inconspicuous

Related terms

• conspicuity
• conspicuousness

Translations

Further reading

• w:Conspicuous consumption
• w:Conspicuous leisure
• conspicuous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• conspicuous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• conspicuous at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l?????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l????/

Rhymes: -?????, -????

Adjective

glaring (comparative more glaring, superlative most glaring)

1. Reflecting with glare.
2. Blatant, obvious.

   How could you miss this glaring error? It's right on page one!

Derived terms

• glaringly
• glaringness

Translations

Verb

glaring

1. present participle of glare

Noun

glaring (plural glarings)

1. The act of giving a glare.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

     Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends' glarings is a doltish stare!

2. (rare) A group of cats.
   • 2010, Chuck Lorre et al., The Big Bang Theory, episode “The Zazzy Substitution”

     Leonard: You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats.

     Sheldon: Clowder.

     Leonard: What?

     Sheldon: A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring. It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.

Synonyms

• (group of cats): clowder

Hyponyms

• (group of cats): kindle (group of kittens)

Anagrams

• Garling, glargin