Deadlight vs Headlight - What's the difference?
deadlight | headlight |
(nautical) A strong shutter fitted over a porthole etc. that can be closed in bad weather.
(figurative) Eyelid.
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, title= A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.
(US, slang, vulgar, chiefly, in the plural) A woman's breast.
(Canada, slang, vulgar, chiefly, in the plural) A woman's erect nipples, partially masked by clothing.
(US, slang, chiefly, in the plural) A jewel; especially a diamond.
(US, slang, chiefly, in the plural) Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
As nouns the difference between deadlight and headlight
is that deadlight is (nautical) a strong shutter fitted over a porthole etc that can be closed in bad weather while headlight is a bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.deadlight
English
Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.}}