Lighter vs Nighter - What's the difference?
lighter | nighter |
(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)
As nouns the difference between lighter and nighter
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 nighter is (only in combinations) someone or something who does something for a certain number of nights.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
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.