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Jutted vs Highlight - What's the difference?

jutted | highlight |

As verbs the difference between jutted and highlight

is that jutted is (jut) while highlight is to make prominent; emphasize.

As a noun highlight is

an area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.

jutted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (jut)

  • jut

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • something that sticks out
  • * 1999 , Stardust , , page 3 (2001 Perennial Edition).
  • The town of Wall stands today as it has stood for six hundred years, on a high jut of granite amidst a small forest woodland.

    Verb

    (jutt)
  • to stick out
  • the jutting part of a building
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
  • It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1997 , author=(Don DeLillo) , chapter=1 , title=Underworld , passage=...enormous Chesterfield packs aslant on the scoreboards, a couple of cigarettes jutting from each.}}
  • (obsolete) To butt.
  • * Mason
  • the jutting steer

    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
  • , year=2011 , date=December 21 , author=Helen Pidd , title=Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The Guardian has spoken to dozens of Europeans who have left, or are planning to leave. Their stories highlight surprising new migration routes – from Lisbon to Luanda, Dublin to Perth, Barcelona to Buenos Aires – as well as more traditional migration patterns.}}
  • 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.