Brights vs Frights - What's the difference?
brights | frights |
English plurals
(US, plurale tantum) The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps.
* {{quote-magazine, year = 1963
, month = July
, magazine = (Popular Mechanics)
, title = Keeping Your Headlights on the Beam
, first = Morton J.
, last = Schultz
, issn = 0032-4558
, page = 161
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=C-MDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA161&dq=brights
, passage = Drop your brights as soon as approaching lights appear.
}}
* {{quote-newsgroup, date = 2004-07-18
, author = Rocky Roads
, newsgroup = misc.transport.trucking
, title = Re: big rig out of control (Photo)
, id = cdearo$ufn@library2.airnews.net
, url = https://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.trucking/msg/cb1c24c776fa497c
, passage = You can turn your brights on and that helps quite a bit, but you can not leave them on. So you end up driving beyond your headlights more than half the time.
}}
* {{quote-book, date = 2006-03-31
, title = Hunting the American Werewolf: Beast Men in Wisconsin and Beyond
, first = Linda S.
, last = Godfrey
, location = Madison
, publisher = Trails Books
, isbn = 9781931599665
, ol = 8804200M
, page = 139
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=D0oLhatcGxAC&pg=PA139&dq=brights
, passage = The moment I flashed my brights this animal started to run across the road.
}}
As nouns the difference between brights and frights
is that brights is plural of brightCategory:English plurals while frights is plural of fright.brights
English
Noun
(head)- Your brights are on.