different between lighter vs slighter

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?la?t?/, [?la???]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?la?t?/
• Rhymes: -a?t?(?)
• Hyphenation: light?er

Etymology 1

light (“pale”) +? -er (“comparative”)

Adjective

lighter

1. comparative form of light: more light

Etymology 2

light (“ignite”) +? -er (“agent”)

Noun

lighter (plural lighters)

1. One who, or that which, lights.

2. A small, reusable handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes.

Translations

Etymology 3

light (“unload, lighten”) +? -er (“agent”); or possibly from Middle Low German luchter

Noun

lighter (plural lighters)

1. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).

Translations

Verb

lighter (third-person singular simple present lighters, present participle lightering, simple past and past participle lightered)

1. To transfer (cargo or passengers) to or from a ship by means of a lighter or other small vessel.
   • 1900. Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Vol. 7, pg. 3227.

     Troops and stores were lightered to the wharves inside the harbor by steamers Orizaba and Berkshire.

2. To transfer cargo or fuel from (a ship), lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.

Conjugation

Etymology 4

light (“not heavy, weak”) +? -er (“comparative”)

Adjective

lighter

1. comparative form of light: more light

Anagrams

• relight

English

Etymology 1

slight +? -er

Adjective

slighter

1. comparative form of slight: more slight

Etymology 2

From slight +? -er.

Noun

slighter (plural slighters)

1. One who slights.

Anagrams

• lighters, relights