What's the difference between forceful and light?

Forceful


Definition:

  • (a.) Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They’re no crack force either; many are rather portly!
  • (2) I want to be clear; the American forces that have been deployed to Iraq do not and will not have a combat mission,” said Obama in a speech to troops at US Central Command headquarters in Florida.
  • (3) In early 2000, during the first months of Vladimir Putin’s presidency, Babitsky was kidnapped by Russian forces and disappeared for many weeks.
  • (4) Historical analysis shows that institutions and special education services spring from common, although not identical, societal and philosophical forces.
  • (5) Further, the maximal increase in force of contraction was measured using papillary muscle strips from some of these patients.
  • (6) "What has made that worse is the disingenuous way the force has defended their actions.
  • (7) Patrice Evra Evra Handed a five-match international ban for his part in the France squad’s mutiny against Raymond Domenech at the 2010 World Cup, it took Evra almost a year to force his way back in.
  • (8) DI James Faulkner of Great Manchester police said: “The men and women working in the factory have told us that they were subjected to physical and verbal assaults at the hands of their employers and forced to work more than 80-hours before ending up with around £25 for their week’s work.
  • (9) There have been numerous documented cases of people being forced to seek hospital treatment after eating meat contaminated with high concentrations of clenbuterol.
  • (10) Peak Expiratory Flow and Forced Expiratory Mean Flows in the ranges 0-25%, 25-50% and 50-75% of Forced Vital Capacity were significantly reduced in animals exposed to gasoline exhaust fumes, whereas the group exposed to ethanol exhaust fumes did not differ from the control group.
  • (11) She knows you can’t force the opposition to submit to your point of view.
  • (12) However in the deciduous teeth from which the successional tooth germs were removed, the processes of tooth resorption was very different in individuals, the difference between tooth resorption in normal occlusal force and in decreased occlusal force was not clear.
  • (13) In a series of compounds with H2-antihistaminic activity, a conformational analysis was performed based on force field calculations.
  • (14) Peptides from this region bind to actin, act as mixed inhibitors of the actin-stimulated S1 Mg2(+)-ATPase, and influence the contractile force developed in skinned fibres, whereas peptides flanking this sequence are without effect in our test systems.
  • (15) In order for the club to grow and sustain its ability to be a competitive force in the Premier League, the board has made a number of decisions which will strengthen the club, support the executive team, manager and his staff and enhance shareholder return.
  • (16) Of great influence on the results of measurements are preparation and registration (warm-up-time, amplification, closeness of pressure-system, unhurt catheters), factors relating to equipment and methods (air-bubbles in pressure-system, damping by filters, continuous infusion of the micro-catheter, level of zero-pressure), factors which occur during intravital measurement (pressure-drop along the arteria pulmonalis, influence of normal breathing, great intrapleural pressure changes, pressure damping in the catheter by thrombosis and external disturbances) and last not least positive and negative acceleration forces, which influence the diastolic and systolic pulmonary artery pressure.
  • (17) These reflexes can function to limit forces applied to a leg and provide compensatory adjustments in other legs.
  • (18) Five investigations into the force are being carried out by the IPCC.
  • (19) The data indicate that with force present for 10% of the time (1:9), there was little or no effect on eruption rate.
  • (20) The mechanical forces involved in neurite extension have begun to be quantified, and interactions between the actin and microtubule systems are being further characterized.

Light


Definition:

  • (n.) That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
  • (n.) That which furnishes, or is a source of, light, as the sun, a star, a candle, a lighthouse, etc.
  • (n.) The time during which the light of the sun is visible; day; especially, the dawn of day.
  • (n.) The brightness of the eye or eyes.
  • (n.) The medium through which light is admitted, as a window, or window pane; a skylight; in architecture, one of the compartments of a window made by a mullion or mullions.
  • (n.) Life; existence.
  • (n.) Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
  • (n.) The power of perception by vision.
  • (n.) That which illumines or makes clear to the mind; mental or spiritual illumination; enlightenment; knowledge; information.
  • (n.) Prosperity; happiness; joy; felicity.
  • (n.) The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.
  • (n.) Appearance due to the particular facts and circumstances presented to view; point of view; as, to state things fairly and put them in the right light.
  • (n.) One who is conspicuous or noteworthy; a model or example; as, the lights of the age or of antiquity.
  • (n.) A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or colored flame; as, a Bengal light.
  • (superl) Having light; not dark or obscure; bright; clear; as, the apartment is light.
  • (superl) White or whitish; not intense or very marked; not of a deep shade; moderately colored; as, a light color; a light brown; a light complexion.
  • (n.) To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite; to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light the gas; -- sometimes with up.
  • (n.) To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with up.
  • (n.) To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
  • (v. i.) To become ignited; to take fire; as, the match will not light.
  • (v. i.) To be illuminated; to receive light; to brighten; -- with up; as, the room lights up very well.
  • (superl.) Having little, or comparatively little, weight; not tending to the center of gravity with force; not heavy.
  • (superl.) Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or load.
  • (superl.) Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task.
  • (superl.) Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; as, light food; also, containing little nutriment.
  • (superl.) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons; as, light troops; a troop of light horse.
  • (superl.) Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
  • (superl.) Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light.
  • (superl.) Slight; not important; as, a light error.
  • (superl.) Well leavened; not heavy; as, light bread.
  • (superl.) Not copious or heavy; not dense; not inconsiderable; as, a light rain; a light snow; light vapors.
  • (superl.) Not strong or violent; moderate; as, a light wind.
  • (superl.) Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy, graceful manner; delicate; as, a light touch; a light style of execution.
  • (superl.) Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind.
  • (superl.) Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial.
  • (superl.) Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
  • (superl.) Easily bestowed; inconsiderately rendered.
  • (superl.) Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of light character.
  • (superl.) Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin.
  • (superl.) Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a light soil.
  • (adv.) Lightly; cheaply.
  • (v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
  • (v. i.) To dismount; to descend, as from a horse or carriage; to alight; -- with from, off, on, upon, at, in.
  • (v. i.) To feel light; to be made happy.
  • (v. i.) To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a bird or insect.
  • (v. i.) To come down suddenly and forcibly; to fall; -- with on or upon.
  • (v. i.) To come by chance; to happen; -- with on or upon; formerly with into.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On Friday night, in a stadium built in an area once deemed an urban wasteland, the flame that has journeyed from Athens to every corner of these islands will light the fire that launches the London Olympics of 2012.
  • (2) Apparently, the irradiation with visible light of a low intensity creates an additional proton gradient and thus stimulates a new replication and division cycle in the population of cells whose membranes do not have delta pH necessary for the initiation of these processes.
  • (3) Morphological alterations in the lungs of pheasants after prolonged high-dosage administration of bleomycin sulfate were studied by light and electron microscopy.
  • (4) Light microscopic studies of pancreata from mice sacrificed at this time demonstrated insulitis and beta cell necrosis.
  • (5) The dependence of fluorescence polarization of stained nerve fibres on the angle between the fibre axis and electrical vector of exciting light (azimuth characteristics) has been considered.
  • (6) A 66-year-old woman with acute idiopathic polyneuritis (Landry-Guillain-Barré [LGB] syndrome) had normal extraocular movements, but her pupils did not react to light or accommodation.
  • (7) We have examined overlapping octapeptides from the kappa IIIb light chain variable region and show that some framework peptides have the ability to bind aggregated IgG.
  • (8) This study examined both the effect of variations in optical fiber tip and in light wavelength on laser-induced hyperthermia in rat brain.
  • (9) The water is embossed with small waves and it has a chill glassiness which throws light back up at the sky.
  • (10) A new type of Escherichia coli mutant which shows increased sensitivity to methyl methane sulfonate but not to UV light or to gamma rays was isolated after mutagenesis with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine.
  • (11) Approximately 90% of the patients have a lambda light chain myeloma protein and almost all patients excrete Bence-Jones protein.
  • (12) Matthias Müller, VW’s chief executive, said: “In light of the wide range of challenges we are currently facing, we are satisfied overall with the start we have made to what will undoubtedly be a demanding fiscal year 2016.
  • (13) In addition, lightly immunostained cells were distinguished in the caudal portion of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, area of tuber cinereum, retrochiasmatic area, and rostral portion of the paraventricular thalamic nucleus after colchicine treatment.
  • (14) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
  • (15) Using an in vitro culture system, light scatter analyses, and two-color flow cytometry, we provide evidence that the interleukin-2 (IL-2) and transferrin receptors can be induced within 48 hr on nonproliferating immature thymocytes.
  • (16) Photoreactions induced in that proper sensitizer molecules absorb UV-light or visible light.
  • (17) Urine specimens from patient REE also contained a light chain fragment that lacked the first (amino-terminal) 85 residues of the native light chain but otherwise was identical in sequence to the light chain REE.
  • (18) Three coyotes were operantly conditioned to depress one of two foot treadles, left or right, depending on the condition of the stimulus light.
  • (19) These results are discussed in the light of the mode of action of the substances used.
  • (20) The birds were maintained at a constant temperature in, dim green light.