Volt vs Lighting - What's the difference?
volt | lighting |
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V
A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks.
(fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
(Webster 1913)
The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
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, title= The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.
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The process of annealing metals.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between volt and lighting
is that volt is volt (unit of measure) while lighting is the equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.volt
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(wikipedia volt)Etymology 1
Named after the Italian physicist .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* voltage * voltmeter * picovolt * nanovolt * microvolt * millivolt * kilovolt * megavolt * gigavoltEtymology 2
(etyl) volteNoun
(en noun)Anagrams
* English eponyms ----lighting
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(wikipedia lighting) (en noun)Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.
- We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings , so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?