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Toplight vs Stoplight - What's the difference?

toplight | stoplight |

As nouns the difference between toplight and stoplight

is that toplight is (nautical) a lantern or light on the top of a vessel while stoplight is (us) a traffic control signal, traditionally consisting of three lights, colored green, yellow/amber and stop, respectively.

toplight

English

Alternative forms

* top-light

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.
    • (Webster 1913)

    stoplight

    English

    Alternative forms

    * stop light

    Noun

    (wikipedia stoplight) (en noun)
  • (US) A traffic control signal, traditionally consisting of three lights, colored green, yellow/amber and stop, respectively.

    • Usage notes

    The two-word form stop light'' was initially more common, but its usage plateaued around 1950, whereas usage of ''stoplight'' increased continually since that year, overtaking ''stop light around 1970.

    Synonyms

    * traffic light * traffic signal (US) * robot

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