opaque vs translucent
opaque
Definitions
adjective
- not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
- hard or impossible to understand
Examples
It appeared to be opaque glass, but it exuded the pungent fetor of magick.
The light is opaque, and the beach looks soft and European like a Monet view of the plage.
It floods the car with light and on a hot day there's a button that can turn it from transparent to opaque.
translucent
Definitions
adjective
- allowing light to pass through diffusely
Examples
The 52 cm high sculpture is carved in translucent Egyptian alabaster and represents a royal female of the Amarna Period, between 1350-1334 B.C.
After our eyes adjust, we find the walls to be a gorgeous translucent blue, the surface scalloped into smooth, symmetrical wavelets.
It would have been dark except for the light coming from the translucent side panels.
