bolt vs lightning
lightning vs boltbolt and lightning both are nouns.
bolt is a verb but lightning is not a verb.
bolt is an adverb but lightning is not an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bolt | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| lightning | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
lightning is a hypernym of
bolt; that is, lightning is a
word with a broader meaning than bolt:
- bolt: a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- lightning: abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
| bolt (noun) | lightning (noun) |
|---|---|
| a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) | the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more |
| the act of moving with great haste | abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light |
| a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener | |
| the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key | |
| a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech | |
| a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length | |
| a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder |
| bolt (verb) | lightning (verb) |
|---|---|
| make or roll into bolts | |
| eat hastily without proper chewing | |
| swallow hastily | |
| secure or lock with a bolt | |
| move or jump suddenly | |
| leave suddenly and as if in a hurry | |
| run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along |
| bolt (adverb) | lightning (adverb) |
|---|---|
| directly | |
| in a rigid manner |
Words related to "bolt"
- abandonment
- abscond
- absquatulate
- bang
- bar
- beetle off
- bolt of lightning
- bolt out
- carriage bolt
- clinch
- colloquialism
- dash
- deadbolt
- decamp
- desertion
- eat
- expansion bolt
- flee
- fly
- forsaking
- furl
- get down
- go away
- go forth
- go off
- gobble
- government
- haste
- head
- hurry
- kingbolt
- kingpin
- leave
- levant
- lightning
- lock
- machine bolt
- make off
- move
- nut and bolt
- political science
- politics
- rifle
- rigidly
- roll
- roll up
- run off
- run out
- rush
- rushing
- safety bolt
- safety lock
- screw
- shank
- slap
- slapdash
- slide bolt
- sliding bolt
- smack
- stiffly
- stove bolt
- swallow
- swivel pin
- take flight
- thunderbolt
- unbolt
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