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Lighting vs Lighter - What's the difference?

lighting | lighter |

As nouns the difference between lighting and lighter

is that lighting is the equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided while 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).

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.

lighting

English

Noun

(wikipedia lighting) (en noun)
  • The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
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  • The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.
  • * 2012 , Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
    • We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings , so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?
  • The process of annealing metals.
    • (Webster 1913)

    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