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Lighten vs Buoy - What's the difference?

lighten | buoy | Synonyms |

In transitive terms the difference between lighten and buoy

is that lighten is to emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning while buoy is to mark with a buoy.

As a noun buoy is

a float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.

lighten

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
  • To make light or lighter in weight.
  • To make less serious or more cheerful.
  • * Bible, Psalms xxxiv. 5
  • They looked unto him, were lightened .
  • To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
  • to lighten''' an apartment with lamps or gas; to '''lighten the streets
  • * Dryden
  • A key of fire ran all along the shore, / And lightened all the river with a blaze.
  • To become light or lighter in weight.
  • To become less serious or more cheerful.
  • To become brighter or clearer; to brighten.
  • To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to flash.
  • * Shakespeare
  • This dreadful night, / That thunders, lightens , opens graves, and roars / As doth the lion.
  • To emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
  • * Shakespeare
  • His eye lightens forth / Controlling majesty.
  • To descend; to light.
  • * Book of Common Prayer
  • O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us.
  • To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
  • * Sir J. Davies
  • Lighten my spirit with one clear heavenly ray.

    Conjugation

    (en-conj-simple)

    Derived terms

    * lighten up

    buoy

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia buoy) (en noun)
  • (nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
  • A life-buoy.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To keep afloat or aloft; used with up .
  • To support or maintain at a high level.
  • * Burke
  • Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title.
  • To mark with a buoy.
  • to buoy''' an anchor; to '''buoy''' or '''buoy off a channel
  • * Darwin
  • Not one rock near the surface was discovered which was not buoyed by this floating weed.
  • To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban'' (in ''The Guardian , 6 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/06/england-moldova-world-cup-qualifier-matchreport]
  • It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.
    Buoyed by the huge success, they announced two other projects.
    Derived terms
    * buoy up

    Derived terms

    * buoy up * can buoy * conical buoy * bell buoy * ring buoy * life buoy * breeches buoy