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Lightweight vs Ethereal - What's the difference?

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Lightweight is a related term of ethereal.


As adjectives the difference between lightweight and ethereal

is that lightweight is lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity while ethereal is pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.

As a noun lightweight

is (boxing) a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 135 pounds for professionals and 132 pounds for amateurs.

lightweight

English

(wikipedia lightweight)

Alternative forms

* light-weight

Noun

(en noun)
  • (boxing) A boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 135 pounds for professionals and 132 pounds for amateurs.
  • (bodybuilding) A competitive weight division between bantamweight and welterweight, with specific weights varying by organization.
  • One of little consequence or ability.
  • A person who cannot handle their drink.
  • A political candidate with little chance of winning

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity
  • Having less than average weight
  • Lacking in strength
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 13 , author=Sam Lyon , title=Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=With the Gunners far too lightweight in midfield, Mikel Arteta dropped back into a deeper-lying role. This freed Yossi Benayoun to go further forward, a move that helped forge a rare Arsenal chance on 30 minutes when the Israeli released Van Persie, only for the Dutchman's snap-shot to be tipped around the post.}}
  • (computing) Having a small footprint or performance impact

    • ethereal

    English

    Alternative forms

    * aethereal * aetherial * * (obsolete) * * (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
  • * 1667 : , Paradise Lost , book VII
    • Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger.
  • * 1862 : , Walking .
    • I trust that we shall be more imaginative, that our thoughts will be clearer, fresher, and more ethereal , as our sky,...
  • Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
  • * 1733 : , An Essay on Man
    • Vast chain of being, which from God began, Natures ethereal , human, angel, man.
  • Delicate, light and airy.

    • Derived terms

    * ethereality * ethereally * etherealness * etherealization * etherealisation * etherealizing

    References

    * American English forms