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Lighter vs Flighter - What's the difference?

lighter | flighter |

As nouns the difference between lighter and flighter

is that lighter is one who, or that which, lights or lighter can be a flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats) while flighter is (brewing) a horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, so as to produce a circular current in the liquor.

As an adjective lighter

is (light) or lighter can be (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

See

Adjective

(head)
  • (light)
    • I prefer a lighter shade of pink.

    Etymology 2

    See

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, lights.
    • a lighter of lamps
  • A small, reusable handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes.
    • Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter .

    Etymology 3

    See ; or possibly from (etyl) luchter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To transfer cargo or fuel from a ship, lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.

    • Etymology 4

    See

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (light)
    • What happened? You look 10 lbs. lighter !
    I wish I'd thrown a lighter punch; he's out cold.

    Anagrams

    * relight

    flighter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (brewing) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, so as to produce a circular current in the liquor.
    • (Knight)
    (Webster 1913)