Lightning vs. Thunderbolt

Lightningnoun

A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.

Lightningnoun

A discharge of this kind.

Lightningnoun

(figuratively) Anything that moves very fast.

Lightningnoun

The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.

Lightningadjective

Extremely fast or sudden.

Lightningadjective

Moving at the speed of lightning.

Lightningverb

To produce lightning.

Lightningnoun

A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.

Lightningnoun

The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.

Lightning

Lightening.

Lightningnoun

abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

Lightningnoun

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

Lightning

Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the ground, temporarily equalize themselves, causing the instantaneous release of as much as one gigajoule of energy. This discharge may produce a wide range of electromagnetic radiation, from very hot plasma created by the rapid movement of electrons, to brilliant flashes of visible light in the form of black-body radiation.

Thunderboltnoun

A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.

Thunderboltnoun

(figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.

Thunderboltnoun

Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.

Thunderboltnoun

(soccer) A very powerful shot.

Thunderboltnoun

(paleontology) A belemnite, or thunderstone.

Thunderboltnoun

(heraldry) A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.

Thunderboltnoun

A daring or irresistible hero.

Thunderboltnoun

A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth.

Thunderboltnoun

Something resembling lightning in suddenness and effectiveness.

Thunderboltnoun

Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.

Thunderboltnoun

A belemnite, or thunderstone.

Thunderboltnoun

a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

Thunderboltnoun

a shocking surprise;

Thunderbolt

A thunderbolt or lightning bolt is a symbolic representation of lightning when accompanied by a loud thunderclap. In Indo-European mythology, the thunderbolt was identified with the 'Sky Father'; this association is also found in later Hellenic representations of Zeus and Vedic descriptions of the vajra wielded by the god Indra.