Lightweight vs Transparent - What's the difference?
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(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
Lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity
Having less than average weight
Lacking in strength
* {{quote-news
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, date=September 13
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(computing) Having a small footprint or performance impact
(of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
* 1897, , chapter 19,
(of a system or organization) Open]], public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby [[reduce, reducing the chance of corruption.
Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
Lightweight is a related term of transparent.
As nouns the difference between lightweight and transparent
is that lightweight is (boxing) a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 135 pounds for professionals and 132 pounds for amateurs while transparent is banner.As an adjective lightweight
is lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity.lightweight
English
(wikipedia lightweight)Alternative forms
* light-weightNoun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)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.}}
transparent
English
(wikipedia transparent)Adjective
(en adjective)- The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped wastes there.
- "You make the glass invisible by putting it into a liquid of nearly the same refractive index; a transparent thing becomes invisible if it is put in any medium of almost the same refractive index."
- His reasons for the decision were transparent .