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Flightless vs Lightless - What's the difference?

flightless | lightless |

As adjectives the difference between flightless and lightless

is that flightless is unable to fly usually used with birds such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu while lightless is lacking light; unilluminated.

flightless

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Unable to fly. Usually used with birds such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.
  • * 2010 , Alexander Elder, Straying from the Flock: Travels in New Zealand
    • America has its bald eagle and New Zealand has its kiwi, a flightless brown bird.

    See also

    * (l)

    lightless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Lacking light; unilluminated
  • *1900 , , Sister Carrie:
  • *:"I can't stand much of this," said Hurstwood, whose legs ached him painfully, as he sat down upon the miserable bunk in the small, lightless chamber allotted to him.