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Hilite vs Highlighted - What's the difference?

hilite | highlighted |

As verbs the difference between hilite and highlighted

is that hilite is informal spelling of lang=en while highlighted is past participle of lang=en.

As a noun hilite

is informal spelling of lang=en.

hilite

English

Noun

(en noun)
    • The hilite''' of the show. The '''hilite of my summer holiday.
    The command member("Cat").hilite'''=TRUE will set the '''hilite of member "Cat" to True.

    Usage notes

    In computing, especially for GUI objects and HTML scripting, the spelling "hilite" is more common due to often being natively used by objects and languages.

    Verb

    (hilit)
    • The Board also wish to hilite that the copy of the Sales & Purchase Agreeement is available for inspection.
    You can hilite the text with your mouse, then right-click to copy it.

    highlighted

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hilited (informal)

    Verb

    (head)