different between rays vs lights
rays
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?z, IPA(key): /?e?z/
- Homophones: raise, rase, raze, rehs, réis, res
- Rhymes: -e?z
Noun
rays
- plural of ray
Verb
rays
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ray
Anagrams
- Arys, arsy, ryas
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lights
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la?ts/
- Rhymes: -a?ts
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- lites
Noun
lights
- plural of light
Noun
lights pl (plural only)
- 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.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.3:
Derived terms
- rising of the lights
Etymology 2
Verb
lights
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of light
Anagrams
- slight
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- what lightsaber color am i
- what lights to use in fog
- what lights should be on my router
- what lights up the moon
- what lightsaber form am i
- what lightsaber colors mean
- what lights should be on my modem
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