different between operates vs gaslight

English

Verb

operates

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of operate

Anagrams

• Asterope, protease, soap tree, soaptree

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??æsla?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??æs?la?t/
• Hyphenation: gas?light

Etymology 1

From gas (“flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel”) +? light.

Noun

gaslight (countable and uncountable, plural gaslights) (Britain, historical)

1. A lamp which operates by burning piped illuminating gas (or town gas).

   Synonym: (US) gas lamp
2. The light produced by the burning gas in such a lamp.

Alternative forms

• gas light
• gas-light

Hypernyms

• lamp
• light

Related terms

• gaslighter, gas lighter, gas-lighter
• gaslighting, gas lighting, gas-lighting
• gaslit (adjective)
• gas mantle

Translations

Etymology 2

From the 1938 stage play Gas Light by the English playwright and novelist Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962), and its 1940 and 1944 film adaptations, in which a husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment.

Verb

gaslight (third-person singular simple present gaslights, present participle gaslighting, simple past and past participle gaslighted or gaslit)

1. (transitive) To manipulate (someone) psychologically such that they question their own memory, perception, and sanity, thereby evoking in them cognitive dissonance and low self-esteem.
   • 2016, Tate Taylor (movie director), in the commentary version of The Girl on the Train (2016 film), discussing a train scene seventy-six minutes into the movie:

     Just in the nick of time Rachel finds out the truth about her life from Martha. [...] This is how I wanted to show the gaslighting that had been going on Rachel's entire life.

   Synonym: head-game

Derived terms

• gaslightee
• gaslighter
• gaslighting (noun)

Translations

See also

• Kafkatrap
• mind game
• mindscrew
• Thesaurus:deceive

References

Further reading

• gas lighting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gaslighting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia