different between flags vs lights

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flæ?z/

Noun

flags

1. plural of flag

Verb

flags

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

Danish

Noun

flags n

1. indefinite genitive singular of flag
2. indefinite genitive plural of flag

Dutch

Noun

flags

1. plural of flag

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?ts/
• Rhymes: -a?ts

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• lites

Noun

lights

1. plural of light

Noun

lights pl (plural only)

1. The lungs, now chiefly of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts).
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.3:

     But forst him gape and gaspe, with dread aghast, / As if his lungs and lites were nigh asunder brast.

   • 1838, William Tennant, Anster fair, a poem, page 22:

     […] / hard puffing breasts and dance-o'erwearied lungs. / And truly had the crier will'd to shout / The doughty Piper's name through polish's trump, / His breath had not suffic'd to twang it out, / So did the poor man's lights puff, pant, and jump: / Wherefore to rest them from that dancing-bout, / […]

   • 2013, Dean King, The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story, Little, Brown (?ISBN):

     A hog's lights (or lungs), spleen, and brain found their way into dishes, as did the heart, liver, kidneys, and head, all considered delicacies. Even the feet, ears, and tail were eaten. The hooves were boiled to make glue.

Derived terms

• rising of the lights

Etymology 2

Verb

lights

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

Anagrams

• slight