Lowlight vs Highlight - What's the difference?
lowlight | highlight | Antonyms |
A particularly bad or mediocre aspect.
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In hairstyling, a highlight in a darker colour rather than a lighter one.
An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
An especially significant or interesting detail or event.
(cosmetology) A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
To make prominent; emphasize.
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To be a highlight of.
To mark (important passages of text) with a usually fluorescent marker as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
Highlight is a antonym of lowlight.
Highlight is a coordinate term of lowlight.
In transitive terms the difference between lowlight and highlight
is that lowlight is to dye (part of the hair) a darker colour than the rest while highlight is to dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.lowlight
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Coordinate terms
* highlighthighlight
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Alternative forms
* hilite (informal)Noun
(en noun)Antonyms
* (especially significant or interesting detail or event) lowlightVerb
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