Eight vs Bight - What's the difference?
eight | bight |
(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
* 2009 ,
Describing a set or group with eight components.
The digit/figure 8.
(playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
(nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which a eight rowers each have two oars
(rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
*1905 ,
An area of sea lying between two promontories; larger than a bay, wider than a gulf
A curve in a rope
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As nouns the difference between eight and bight
is that eight is the digit/figure 8 or eight can be an island in a river; an ait while bight is a corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.As a numeral eight
is (cardinal) a numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after seven and before nine.eight
English
(wikipedia eight)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* * Western (Arabic) numerals: * (Roman numerals): VIIINumeral
(head)- He works eight hours a day.
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- Jon & Kate Plus 8'' is a show based on two facts: 1)''' Jon and Kate Gosselin have '''eight''' children, and '''2)''' the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘' eight ’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
See also
*Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* eight ball * eighty * figure eight * number eight * piece of eightSee also
* *Etymology 2
See ait.bight
English
Noun
(en noun)- I spied a bight of meadow some way below the roadway in an angle of the river.
- I could see every rib, the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had an iron collar on his neck, and all were connected together with a chain whose bights swung between them, rhythmically clinking.