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Lightheaded vs Fainting - What's the difference?

lightheaded | fainting |

As an adjective lightheaded

is dizzy or feeling faint, usually caused by a drop in blood pressure to the brain.

As a noun fainting is

an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness.

As a verb fainting is

present participle of lang=en.

lightheaded

English

Alternative forms

* light-headed

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Dizzy or feeling faint, usually caused by a drop in blood pressure to the brain.

    • Derived terms

    * lightheadedness English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    fainting

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia fainting) (en noun)
  • An act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness.

    • Verb

    (head)