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Lightening vs. Lightning
Lightening
Examples:
Her mood was lightening as she listened to the music.The sky showed signs of lightening before the dawn broke.He was lightening the load by removing unnecessary items.
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Lightning
/ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/Examples:
The lightning flashed across the darkened sky, illuminating everything.His wit was sharp, much like a bolt of lightning in a storm.With lightning speed, she completed the puzzle in record time.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Lightening is a longer word compared to lightning, and it refers to making something lighter or brighter.
- Lightning is all about storms and is associated with electrical bolts.
- To remember the difference, associate lightening with light as colors or weight, whereas lightning should remind you of thunder and storms.
- Notice that lightening has an extra e that you can think of as indicating ease as in lightening the load or color.
- Remember they rhyme, but one can be remembered by its association with weight and color (lighten the burden), and the other with weather phenomena.
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