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Brighten vs X - What's the difference?

brighten | x |

As a verb brighten

is (lb) to make bright or brighter in color.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

brighten

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (lb) To make bright or brighter in color.
  • :
  • (lb) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to
  • *(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
  • *:The present queen would brighten her character, if she would exert her authority to instill virtues into her people.
  • To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven
  • :
  • *(Ambrose Philips) (1674-1749)
  • *:An ecstasy, which mothers only feel, / Plays round my heart and brightens all my sorrow.
  • (lb) To grow bright, or more bright in color; to clear up
  • :
  • (lb) To become brighter or more cheerful in mood
  • :
  • *
  • *:Then his sallow face brightened , for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean. ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
  • To make acute or witty; to enliven.
  • :(Johnson)
  • Derived terms

    * brightener * brighten up

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----