different between skylight vs attic

English

Etymology

From sky +? light.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ska??la?t/
• Hyphenation: sky?light?Audio (US)

Noun

skylight (plural skylights)

1. (architecture) A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.
2. (physics) Diffuse sky radiation—solar radiation reaching the earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere.
3. (volcanology) A hole in the upper part of a lava tube, yielding a view of the lava within.

Hypernyms

• light

Translations

References

• skylight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From the practice of decorating the top storey of building façades in the Attic architectural style. From French attique, from Latin atticus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (Attikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æt?k/, [?æ??k]
• Rhymes: -æt?k

Noun

attic (plural attics)

1. The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.

   We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes.

2. (slang) A person's head or brain.

   Synonym: upper storey

   • 1875, John Wight, Mornings at Bow Street (page 105)

     […] was a diminutive, forked-radish sort of a young man, very fashionably attired, or, as he would say, kiddily togg'd; and, though it was scarcely noon, he was rather queer in the attic; that is to say, not exactly sober.

Translations

Anagrams

• tacit, ticat