Light vs Good - What's the difference?
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(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.
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, title= Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
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Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
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A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
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(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.
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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 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 power of perception by vision.
* Bible, Psalms xxxviii. 10
The brightness of the eye or eyes.
* Shakespeare
A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one.
To start (a fire).
To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
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* Addison
To illuminate.
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* Dryden
To become ignited; to take fire.
To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
* Landor
Having light.
Pale in colour.
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, title= (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
Of low weight; not heavy.
* Addison
Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
(senseid)Gentle; having little force or momentum.
Easy to endure or perform.
* Dryden
Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
travelling with no carriages, wagons attached
(obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
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Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
* Francis Bacon
(dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
* Tillotson
Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
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* Hawthorne
Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
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Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
Carrying little.
(nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
* Spenser
To find by chance.
(archaic) To alight.
(lb) Of people.
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#*:When we are happy, we are always good', but when we are ' good , we are not always happy.
#Competent or talented.
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#*:Those are generally good' at flattering who are ' good for nothing else.
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#Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.
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#Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
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#*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good , serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
#(lb) Real; actual; serious.
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#*:Love no man in good earnest.
(lb) Of properties and qualities.
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##Edible; not stale or rotten.
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##Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
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#Beneficial; worthwhile.
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#*:My reasons are both good and weighty.
(lb) With "and", extremely.
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(lb) Of quantities.
#Reasonable in amount.
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#Large in amount or size.
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#*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
That is good: an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
(nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
* 1906 , Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley
* 2007 April 19, , WHYY, Pennsylvania [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9683874]
(uncountable) The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
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, title= (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
(uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
* Bible, Psalms iv. 6
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(countable, usually in plural) An item of merchandise.
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To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
To make good; turn to good; improve.
To make improvements or repairs.
To benefit; gain.
To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
As proper nouns the difference between light and good
is that light is while good is .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)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 .}}
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.}}
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.}}
- He shall never know / That I had any light of this from thee.
- Now these notions are twofold, actions or habits […], which are durable lights and notions, which we may use when we will.
- Joan of Arc, a light of ancient France
- Frequent consideration of a thing shows it in its several lights and various ways of appearance.
- a Bengal light
- The duke yet would have dark deeds darkly answered; he would never bring them to light .
- My strength faileth me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
- 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.
Synonyms
* (electromagnetic wave perceived by the eye) visible lightDerived 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 lightEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Verb
- We lit the fire to get some heat.
- She lit her last match.
- if a thousand candles be all lighted from one
- Absence might cure it, or a second mistress / Light up another flame, and put out this.
- I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.
- One hundred years ago, to have lit' this theatre as brilliantly as it is now ' lighted would have cost, I suppose, fifty pounds.
- The Sun has set, and Vesper, to supply / His absent beams, has lighted up the sky.
- This soggy match will not light .
- His bishops lead him forth, and light him on.
Synonyms
* ignite, kindle, conflagrate * (illuminate) illuminate, light upAntonyms
* extinguish, put out, quenchDerived terms
* light someone's fire * light up * highlightEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).Adjective
(er)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.}}
Synonyms
* (having light) bright * (pale in colour) pale * : white, with milk, with creamDerived terms
* light-haired * light-skinnedEtymology 4
From (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- My bag was much lighter once I had dropped off the books.
- 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.
- We took a light aircraft down to the city.
- This artist clearly had a light , flowing touch.
- light duties around the house
- Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
- This light beer still gets you drunk if you have enough of it.
- I made some light comment, and we moved on.
- 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.
- So do not you; for you are a light girl.
- A light wife doth make a heavy husband.
- light''' troops; a troop of '''light horse
- Unmarried men are best friends, best masters but not always best subjects, for they are light to run away.
- a light''', vain person; a '''light mind
- There is no greater argument of a light and inconsiderate person than profanely to scoff at religion.
- Seneca can not be too heavy, nor Plautus too light .
- specimens of New England humour laboriously light and lamentably mirthful
- Are his wits safe? Is he not light of brain?
- 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, unimportantAntonyms
* (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, weightyDerived terms
* light as a feather * lightnessAdverb
(er)- I prefer to travel light.
Verb
(en verb)- His mailèd habergeon she did undight, / And from his head his heavy burgonet did light .
Derived terms
* lighterEtymology 5
(etyl)Verb
- I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.
- 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, landDerived terms
* light into * light outgood
English
(wikipedia good)Etymology 1
From (etyl) good, from (etyl) . Related to gather.Alternative forms
* (poetic contraction)Adjective
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- Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke
- dorr?̅', '''d?r?''' adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and ' god Almande mylk.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.
Synonyms
* (having positive attributes) not bad, all right, satisfactory, decent * (healthful) well * (competent or talented) accomplishedAntonyms
* (having positive attributes) bad, poor * (ethical) bad, evilDerived terms
* come from a good place * do well by doing good * fight the good fight * for good * good afternoon * good and * * good books * goodbye * good day * good drunk * gooden * good-for-nothing * good graces * good grief * goodish * good job * good morning * goodly * goodness * good night * good to go * good works * the good die young * too much of a good thingInterjection
(en interjection)- Good! I can leave now.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) , all from the adjective.Adverb
- If Silvertip refuses to give you the horse, grab him before he can draw a weapon, and beat him good . You're big enough to do it.
- The one thing that we can't do...''is throw out the baby with the bathwater.''...'' We know our process works pretty darn good and, uh, it’s really sparked this amazing phenomenon of this''... high-quality website.
Derived terms
* but goodEtymology 3
From (etyl) good, god, from (etyl) .Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good .}}
- There be many that say, Who will show us any good ?
- The good' of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the ' good of each of the members composing it.
- Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.