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As proper nouns the difference between bean and light

is that bean is a botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist william jackson bean (1863-1947) while light is .

bean

English

(wikipedia bean)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seed pods.
  • * 2004 , T. N. Shivenanda, B. R. V. Iyengar, Phosphorus Management in French Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.)'', Ramdane Dris, S. Mohan Jain (editors), ''Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops , Volume 2: Plant Mineral Nutrition and Pesticide Management, page 79,
    • Beans' are a large group of leguminous vegetables that serve as a main source of proteins in human diet. This group comprises several species and some of them are Adzuki '''bean''' (''Vigna angularis''); Broad '''bean''' (''Vicia faba''); Cluster '''bean''' (''Cyamposis tetragonoloba''); French '''bean (''Phaseolus vulgaris );.
  • The large edible seed of such a plant.
  • The edible seed pod of such a plant.
  • The bean-like seed of certain other plants, especially coffee; coffee in the general.
  • An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and used in large numbers as packing material or as stuffing for beanbags and similar items.
  • (slang) The head or brain.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1960
    • , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter XI and XV , passage=I saw her quiver and kept a wary eye on the ginger ale bottle. But even if she had raised it and brought it down on [my] bean', I couldn't have been more stunned than I was by the words that left her lips.
    [...]
    Well, as I say, it was from his fertile '     bean     that the idea sprang.}}
  • (British, slang, archaic) A guinea coin.
  • (British, slang, usually in the negative) Money.
    • I haven't got a bean .
  • (slang) The clitoris.
  • * 2010 , Cynthia W. Gentry & Dana Fredst, What Women Really Want in Bed: The Surprising Secrets Women Wish Men Knew about Sex , Quiver (2010), ISBN 9781592333394, page 64:
    • For one, don't stage a full-frontal assault on her bean .
  • *
  • (software)
  • *{{quote-web, date = 2014-04-24
    • , title = JavaBeans: JavaBeans API , site = Wikipedia , url = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaBeans
  • JavaBeans_API
    • , accessdate = 2014-04-25 }}
  • *:„AppletInitializer Methods in this interface are used to initialize Beans that are also applets.“
  • *{{quote-web, year= 2010
    • , title = Class SelectionInList , site = Twister Data Framework , url = http://twisterdataframework.com/api/jgoodies-binding-2.2.1/com/jgoodies/binding/list/SelectionInList.html , accessdate = 2014-04-25 }}
  • *:„The SelectionInList uses three ValueModels to hold the list, the selection and selection index and provides bound bean properties for these models. You can access, observe and replace these ValueModels. This is useful to connect a SelectionInList with other ValueModels; for example you can use the SelectionInList's selection holder as bean channel for a PresentationModel. Since the SelectionInList is a ValueModel, it is often used as bean channel. See the Binding tutorial classes for examples on how to connect a SelectionInList with a PresentationModel.“

    • Derived terms

    * adsuki bean, aduki bean, adzuki bean, azuki bean * algaroba bean, algarroba bean * Anasazi bean * asparagus bean, asparagus-bean * baked beans * baking beans * BaseBean * bay bean * beach bean * bean aphid * bean aphis * bean bag, bean-bag, beanbag * bean ball, beanball * bean beetle * bean-belly * bean blight * bean bruchid * bean-brush * bean-butter * bean cake * bean caper, bean-caper * bean choke * bean chute * bean-cod * bean counter, bean-counter * bean-crake * bean curd * bean curve * bean dip * bean-dolphin * bean-eater * beaner * beanery * bean family * bean feast, bean-feast, beanfeast * bean-fed * bean-flicker * bean fly, bean-fly * bean goose, bean-goose * Beanhead * bean-hool, bean-hull * beanie * beanie baby / Beanie Baby * beanie key * bean iron ore * bean-king * * bean machine * bean masher * bean metal * bean-mouse * bean of St Ignatius * bean of Molucca * bean oil * bean paste * bean plant * bean-pole, beanpole * bean pot * Beanpot * bean salad * Bean Scripting Framework * bean seed fly * bean-shaped plasma * bean-shatter * BeanShell * bean shoot * bean-shooter * bean shot * bean-shot copper * bean-shouter * bean sprout * bean-stalk, beanstalk * bean-stick * bean-straw * bean thread noodles, bean threads * bean tostada * Beantown, Bean Town * bean tree, bean-tree * bean trefoil, bean-trefoil * bean-vine * bean wagon * bean weevil * bean-wood * beany * Bengal bean, Benghal bean * black bean * blackbean * black-eyed bean * black turtle bean * blue beans * bog bean * bogbean * borlotti bean * broad bean, broadbean * buck bean, buck-bean, buckbean * bullets and beans * bush bean, bush-bean * butter bean, butterbean * cacao bean * Calabar bean * calico bean * cannellini bean * carob bean * castor bean, castor-bean * castor-oil bean * ceci bean * chili beans * China bean * Chinese long bean * civet bean * cluster bean * cocoa bean * coffee bean * common bean * cool beans * coral bean * corona bean * cow bean * cowboy beans * cranberry bean * dragon tongue bean * djenkol bean * Dutch case-knife bean * dwarf bean * edible bean * Egyptian bean * English bean * English runner bean * Entity Bean * European bean * faba bean * fava bean * field bean * flageolet bean * flick the bean * Florida bean * Florida velvet bean * French bean, french bean * French filet bean * for beans * fresh bean * full of beans * garbanzo bean * gemsbuck beans * get beans * giant stock bean * give someone beans * goa bean * goa bean vine * great Northern bean * green bean * guar bean * guava bean * haricot bean * haricot vert bean * a hill of beans * hog's bean * horse bean, horsebean * hyacinth bean * ice-cream bean * Ignatius' bean * Indian bean * Italian flat bean * jack bean * JavaBean * java bean, java-bean * jelly bean, jellybean * jequirity bean * jering bean * jolly bean * jumby bean * jumping bean * Kentucky wonder bean * Kersting's bean * kidney bean * know beans about * know how many beans make five * Leichhardt's bean * lima bean * locust bean * long-bean * lupini bean * Lyon bean * Mackenzie bean * Madagascar bean * magotty bay bean * managed bean * Manila bean * marama bean, morama bean * marrow bean * mash bean * mat bean * May-bean * MBean * mescal bean, mescalbean * mesquite bean * Message-driven Bean * Mexican bean * Mexican bean beetle * Mexican jumping bean * Mexican yam bean * mini beans * Molucca bean * moong bean * moth bean * mung bean * mungo bean * navy bean * NetBeans * not care beans * not have a bean * not know beans * old bean * ordeal bean * pea bean * pichurim bean * pink bean * pinto bean * poison bean * pole bean, pole-bean * pork and bean * pork and beans * potato bean, potato-bean * prairie-bean * Price's potato-bean * Pythagorean bean * Queensland bean * red bean * red bean paste * refried beans * rice and beans * rice bean * Romano bean * runner bean * sacred bean * sand bean * scarlet-bean * scarlet runner bean * screw bean, screw-bean, screwbean * sea bean * seabean * sea green bean * Session Bean * shell bean * sieva bean * smoking bean * snail bean * snap bean * snuffbox bean * soja bean, soya bean, soy bean, soybean * soup beans * Spanish bean * speckled butter bean * spill the beans * St Ignatius' bean, St Ignatius's bean * stinking bean trefoil * string bean * stringless bean * sugar bean * sword bean * tepary bean * tick bean, tickbean * tonca bean, tonga bean, tonka bean, tonqua bean, tonquin bean * turtle bean * urd bean * vanilla bean * velvet bean * Walkman Bean * wax bean, waxbean * wax-pod bean * Welsh bean * white bean * wild bean * Windsor bean * winged bean * wolf bean * wonder bean * yam bean * Yankee bean * yard-long bean, yardlong bean * yellow bean

    Verb

  • (chiefly, baseball) To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.
    • The pitcher beaned the batter, rather than letting him hit another home run.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1960
    • , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter IX and XI , passage=Though I shall have to exercise an iron self-restraint to keep me from beaning' that pie-faced little hornswoggler Mrs Bertram Wooster, nee Wickham, with the shaker.
    [...]
    dudgeon might easily lead her to reach for the ginger ale bottle and '     bean     me with it.}}

    Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words ----

    light

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lite (informal); lyght, lyghte (obsolete) * (l) (Scotland)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia light) (en noun)
  • (uncountable) The natural medium emanating from the Sun and other very hot sources (now recognised as electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of 400-750 nm), within which vision is possible.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=3 citation , passage=Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light .}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Out of the gloom , passage=[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light' to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of ' light in the villages.}}
  • A source of illumination.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights , […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
  • Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He shall never know / That I had any light of this from thee.
  • Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
  • * , Book I, New York 2001, page 166:
    • Now these notions are twofold, actions or habits […], which are durable lights and notions, which we may use when we will.
  • A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
  • * Tennyson
    • Joan of Arc, a light of ancient France
  • (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade .
  • A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
  • * South
    • Frequent consideration of a thing shows it in its several lights and various ways of appearance.
  • A flame or something used to create fire.
  • A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
    • a Bengal light
  • A window, or space for a window in architecture.
  • The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
  • (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
  • Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The duke yet would have dark deeds darkly answered; he would never bring them to light .
  • The power of perception by vision.
  • * Bible, Psalms xxxviii. 10
    • My strength faileth me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
  • The brightness of the eye or eyes.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He seemed to find his way without his eyes; / For out o'door he went without their helps, / And, to the last, bended their light on me.
  • A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one.
    • Synonyms
    * (electromagnetic wave perceived by the eye) visible light
    Derived terms
    * ancient lights * black light * booklight * bring to light * come to light * fanlight * footlight * gaslight * half-light * headlight * hide one's light under a bushel * lamplight * light at the end of the tunnel * light box, lightbox * light bucket * light globe * Light of the World * lightbulb * lighthouse * ! * moonlight * nightlight * searchlight * see the light * skylight * spotlight * strike a light * sunlight * twilight * Very light * white light

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • To start (a fire).
    • We lit the fire to get some heat.
  • To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
    • She lit her last match.
  • * Hakewill
    • if a thousand candles be all lighted from one
  • * Addison
    • Absence might cure it, or a second mistress / Light up another flame, and put out this.
  • To illuminate.
    • I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.
  • * F. Harrison
    • One hundred years ago, to have lit' this theatre as brilliantly as it is now ' lighted would have cost, I suppose, fifty pounds.
  • * Dryden
    • The Sun has set, and Vesper, to supply / His absent beams, has lighted up the sky.
  • To become ignited; to take fire.
    • This soggy match will not light .
  • To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
  • * Landor
    • His bishops lead him forth, and light him on.
    Synonyms
    * ignite, kindle, conflagrate * (illuminate) illuminate, light up
    Antonyms
    * extinguish, put out, quench
    Derived terms
    * light someone's fire * light up * highlight

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having light.
  • Pale in colour.
  • *
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the Sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
  • (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
    • Synonyms
    * (having light) bright * (pale in colour) pale * : white, with milk, with cream
    Derived terms
    * light-haired * light-skinned

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of low weight; not heavy.
    • My bag was much lighter once I had dropped off the books.
  • * Addison
    • These weights did not exert their natural gravity insomuch that I could not guess which was light or heavy whilst I held them in my hand.
  • Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
    • We took a light aircraft down to the city.
  • (senseid)Gentle; having little force or momentum.
    • This artist clearly had a light , flowing touch.
  • Easy to endure or perform.
    • light duties around the house
  • * Dryden
    • Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
  • Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
    • This light beer still gets you drunk if you have enough of it.
  • Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
    • I made some light comment, and we moved on.
  • travelling with no carriages, wagons attached
  • (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.i:
    • Long after lay he musing at her mood, / Much grieu'd to thinke that gentle Dame so light , / For whose defence he was to shed his blood.
  • * Shakespeare
    • So do not you; for you are a light girl.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A light wife doth make a heavy husband.
  • Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
    • light''' troops; a troop of '''light horse
  • Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Unmarried men are best friends, best masters but not always best subjects, for they are light to run away.
  • (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
    • a light''', vain person; a '''light mind
  • * Tillotson
    • There is no greater argument of a light and inconsiderate person than profanely to scoff at religion.
  • Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Seneca can not be too heavy, nor Plautus too light .
  • * Hawthorne
    • specimens of New England humour laboriously light and lamentably mirthful
  • Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Are his wits safe? Is he not light of brain?
  • Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
    • light coin
    Synonyms
    * (of low weight) * (lightly-built) lightweight * (having little force or momentum) delicate, gentle, soft * lite, lo-cal (low in calories), low-alcohol (low in alcohol) * (having little value or significance) inconsequential, trivial, unimportant
    Antonyms
    * (of low weight) heavy, weighty * (lightly-built) cumbersome, heavyweight, massive * (having little force or momentum) forceful, heavy, strong * calorific (high in calories), fatty (high in fat), strong (high in alcohol) * (having little value or significance) crucial, important, weighty
    Derived terms
    * light as a feather * lightness

    Adverb

    (er)
  • Carrying little.
    • I prefer to travel light.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
  • To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
  • * Spenser
    • His mailèd habergeon she did undight, / And from his head his heavy burgonet did light .
    Derived terms
    * lighter

    Etymology 5

    (etyl)

    Verb

  • To find by chance.
    • I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.
  • (archaic) To alight.
    • She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.
    Synonyms
    * (find by chance) chance upon, come upon, find, happen upon, hit upon * (alight) alight, land
    Derived terms
    * light into * light out

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