Lighter vs Briquet - What's the difference?
lighter | briquet |
(light)
One who, or that which, lights.
A small, reusable handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes.
A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
To transfer cargo or fuel from a ship, lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.
(light)
a small brick, typically made of charcoal and typically used for fuel
* 1911, F. H. King, Farmers of Forty Centuries
(obsolete? ) a cigarette lighter
* 1919, John Galsworthy, Saint's Progress
Briquet is a synonym of lighter.
As nouns the difference between lighter and briquet
is that lighter is one who, or that which, lights while briquet is a small brick, typically made of charcoal and typically used for fuel.As an adjective lighter
is comparative of light.As a verb lighter
is to transfer cargo or fuel from a ship, lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.lighter
English
Etymology 1
SeeAdjective
(head)- I prefer a lighter shade of pink.
Etymology 2
SeeNoun
(en noun)- a lighter of lamps
- Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter .
Etymology 3
See ; or possibly from (etyl) luchterNoun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)Etymology 4
SeeAdjective
(head)- What happened? You look 10 lbs. lighter !
- I wish I'd thrown a lighter punch; he's out cold.
Anagrams
* relightbriquet
English
Alternative forms
* briquetteNoun
(en noun)- Another pinch of charcoal was added and the process repeated until the mold was filled, when the briquet was forced out.
- Out of the corner of his eye he caught the flash of a man's "briquet " lighting a cigarette.