Difference between Brighten and Illuminate

BRIGHTEN vs ILLUMINATE: NOUN

To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful.

To make acute or witty; to enliven.
To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful.
To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.

To make understandable; clarify.
To provide or brighten with light.
To decorate or hang with lights.
To make plain or clear; to dispel the obscurity to by knowledge or reason; to explain; to elucidate.
To adorn, as a book or page with borders, initial letters, or miniature pictures in colors and gold, as was done in manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
To light up; to decorate with artificial lights, as a building or city, in token of rejoicing or respect.
To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.
To enlighten intellectually or spiritually; enable to understand.
To expose to or reveal by radiation.
To adorn (a page of a book, for example) with ornamental designs, images, or lettering in brilliant colors or precious metals.

Make more cheerful through the use of color
To grow bright or more bright; become less dark or gloomy: literally or figuratively.
To make bright or brighter in any manner; shed light on; make to shine; increase the luster of.
To add brilliancy to the colors of (prints, etc.), by boiling them in a solution of soda.
To make acute or witty; sharpen the faculties of.
To make illustrious or more distinguished; heighten the splendor of; add luster to.
To dispel gloom from; cheer; make gay or cheerful: as, to brighten prospects.
(transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become bright or brighter.

To give light to; light up.
To light up profusely; decorate with many lights, as for festivity, triumph, or homage: as, to illuminate one's house and grounds; the city was illuminated in honor of the victory.
To enlighten; inform; impart intellectual or moral light to.
To throw light upon; make luminous or clear; illustrate or elucidate.
To decorate in color by hand; adorn with pictures, ornamental letters, designs, etc., in colors, gold, silver, etc., in flat tints, especially without shading, or with merely conventional shading: as, the illuminated missals or manuscripts of the middle ages.
To display a profusion of lights, in order to express joy, triumph, etc.
Enlightened; illuminated.
Decorated with or as with colored pictures.
Make clear
Introduce light into

Beautify, Sparkle, Shine, Enliven, Liven, Darken, Gild, Enlighten, Enhance, Illuminate, Clear, Clear up, Lighten up, Light up, Lighten

Brighten, Illustrate, Sort out, Shed light on, Clear up, Straighten out, Light up, Illume, Clear, Clarify, Crystallize, Enlighten, Light, Elucidate, Illumine

Shimmer, Dazzle, Rejuvenate, Beautify, Sparkle, Shine, Enliven, Liven, Darken, Gild, Enlighten, Enhance, Illuminate, Clear, Light up

Highlight, Lighting, Brighten, Illustrate, Sort out, Shed light on, Straighten out, Light up, Clear, Clarify, Crystallize, Enlighten, Light, Elucidate, Illumine

This podcast always helps to brighten my day.
May your life continue to brighten each day.
To cause light, brighten, illuminate, enlighten, inform, civilize.
These two ingredients can help brighten white fabrics.
Loads of opportunities surely brighten the next year.
Dead Sea to smooth and brighten your skin.
They are sure to brighten up your morning.
They would brighten up a room every morning.
This pair will not only brighten your mood, it will brighten your outfit!
May your Christmas lights brighten your home, your ornaments brighten your Christmas tree, and your friend and family brighten your Christmas day.

AM the LCD will illuminate to LOW setting.
Guaranteed to illuminate the minds of your audience.
Two recent, rigorously conducted studies illuminate the picture.
LED light was attached to illuminate the fiber.
May your light illuminate every darkness surrounding you.
Brennan needs no spotlight to illuminate the stage.
LEDs to illuminate the display in dark environments.
The LED headlights may be malfunctioning if the headlights do not illuminate or if they do not illuminate at the appropriate brightness.
CANCEL button to activate the COOKIES The button backlight will illuminate red, the oven alert will sound and the LCD screen will illuminate orange.
CANCEL button to activate the REHEAT The button backlight will illuminate red, the oven alert will sound and the LCD screen will illuminate orange.