Lighten vs Thin - What's the difference?

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Lighten is a related term of thin.

As a verb lighten

is to alleviate; to reduce the burden of.

As a proper noun thin is

the fifth earthly branch represented by the.

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

thin

English

Adjective

(thinner)

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

thin plate of metal

thin paper

thin board

thin covering

Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

thin wire

thin string

Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

thin person

Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.

Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

The trees of a forest are thin'''; the corn or grass is '''thin .

* Addison

Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.

(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.

Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

* Dryden

thin , hollow sounds, and lamentable screams

Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

a thin disguise

Synonyms

* reedy * slender * slim * skinny * waifish * fine * lightweight * narrow * svelte * See also

Antonyms

* thick

Derived terms

* into thin air * razor thin * thin air * thin as a rake * thick and thin * thin-skinned * wear thin

Noun

(en noun)

(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

Any food produced or served in thin slices.

chocolate mint thins

potato thins

Verb

To make thin or thinner.

To become thin or thinner.

To dilute.

To remove some plants in order to improve the growth of those remaining.

Derived terms

* thin out

Adverb

(en adverb)

Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

seed sown thin

* Francis Bacon

Spain is thin sown of people.

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