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Highlight vs Highlights - What's the difference?

highlight | highlights |

As nouns the difference between highlight and highlights

is that highlight is an area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated while highlights is plural of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between highlight and highlights

is that highlight is to make prominent; emphasize while highlights is third-person singular of highlight.

highlight

English

Alternative forms

* hilite (informal)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
  • An especially significant or interesting detail or event.
  • (cosmetology) A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
  • Antonyms

    * (especially significant or interesting detail or event) lowlight

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make prominent; emphasize.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • To be a highlight of.
  • To mark (important passages of text) with a usually fluorescent marker as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
  • To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
  • highlights

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hilites (informal)

    Noun

    (head) (p)
  • Summary of an event, such as a sporting event, focussing on the most entertaining or consequential aspects; compilation of each highlight of that event
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (highlight)