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lightening or lightning? Do not confuse the spelling of lightening and lightning, which sound similar. Lightening is the present participle of either of the verbs lighten (as in lightening the load, lightening his hair), and as a verbal noun is also used with specific reference to a stage of pregnancy. The noun meaning "a flash of light in the sky during a storm" is spelled lightning (as in thunder and lightning), as is the corresponding adjective meaning "very fast or sudden" (as in with lightning speed).
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