Lightening vs Tightening - What's the difference?
lightening | tightening |
(medicine) The sensation caused by the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity before the onset of labour
(nautical) The removal of cargo (especially crude oil) from a vessel in order to reduce its draft
The act or process of making more tight.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 28, author=Steven R. Weisman, title=I.M.F. Faces a Question of Identity, work=New York Times
, passage=There are lingering feelings among some board members, especially in the developing world, that the fund joined with the United States and other wealthy countries in demanding overly austere budget cuts and other fiscal tightenings for the countries that were bailed out in the previous decade. }}
As verbs the difference between lightening and tightening
is that lightening is present participle of lang=en while tightening is present participle of tighten.As nouns the difference between lightening and tightening
is that lightening is the sensation caused by the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity before the onset of labour while tightening is the act or process of making more tight.lightening
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