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Streetlight vs Streetlit - What's the difference?

streetlight | streetlit |

As a noun streetlight

is (countable) any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area, usually urban.

As an adjective streetlit is

illuminated by streetlights.

streetlight

English

Alternative forms

* street light, street-light

Noun

(street light)
  • (countable) Any large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area, usually urban.
    • At night the streetlights of Paris are beautiful to see.
  • (uncountable) The light produced by these lights.

    • Synonyms

    * (large outdoor light) street lamp

    streetlit

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Illuminated by streetlights.
  • * 1990 , Gordon Korman, Losing Joe's place
    • We squinted at the streetlit scene. They were all holding rifles!
  • * 1994 , Jonathan Kellerman, Bad love
    • He began emptying another bag, placing food on the streetlit patch of sidewalk, just out of reach of the hatch.