2006-10-11 10:52:19 · 18 answers · asked by dave w 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
lightening (maybe the other one is just old english...)
2006-10-11 10:54:17 · answer #1 · answered by Lady G. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightening Spelling
2016-12-10 16:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by carcieri 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're two different words. According to the OED:
---------------------
lightening |ˈlītn-i ng; ˈlītni ng | noun a drop in the level of the uterus during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of the fetus engages in the pelvis.
---------------------
lightning |ˈlītni ng | noun the occurrence of a natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and typically also thunder : a tremendous flash of lightning. • poetic/literary a flash or discharge of this kind : the sky was a mass of black cloud out of which lightnings flashed. verb [ intrans. ] (of the sky) emit a flash or discharge of this kind : what's a person supposed to do when it starts to lightning? adjective [ attrib. ] very quick : a lightning cure for his hangover | galloping across the country at lightning speed.
2006-10-11 11:02:22 · answer #3 · answered by nathanm_mn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lightning
2006-10-11 11:12:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightning
2006-10-11 10:54:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightning
2006-10-11 10:54:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both words are genuine and correct & they have different meanings; lightening means getting or making lighter, and lightning is as in thunder and lightning.
2006-10-11 11:09:45 · answer #7 · answered by devildriver53 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lightning
• noun 1 the occurrence of a high-voltage electrical discharge between a cloud and the ground or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash. 2 before another noun very quick: lightning speed.
— ORIGIN from LIGHTEN2
2006-10-11 10:54:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightning, as in thunder and lightning.
Lightening, as in lightening (making lighter) a burden.
2006-10-11 11:00:19 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they are two different words
1) we need to change the lighting in the room,
2)the colour needs lightening
2006-10-14 20:41:59 · answer #10 · answered by kathdes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightning I think
Lightnin' Hopkins spells it like that, he was playing with a guy named "thunder" something, so he chose that
2006-10-11 10:54:39 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋