Light
Light noun - The steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible.
Spill
Spill noun - The act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.
How words are described
| single | single light | single spill |
| small | small light | small spill |
| big | big light | big spill |
| huge | huge light | huge spill |
| Other adjectives: bad, red. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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WiiWare game LIT, ostensibly set in a darkened school, has windows that once shattered spill outside light into the room, providing a path to safely walk to the exit (or next light source).
Source: Benevolent Architecture -
It involves pulling a hidden chain which will spill alcohol in the Torture Cellar then light a fire, burning the building down.
Source: Manga / Golden Kamui -
Or so it would seem to newcomers to the anime; in the light novels, however, the scene where Kyon attempts to spill the beans to Haruhi about their fellow club-members' double acts only to be dismissed as "too obvious", later featured in season 2 of the anime, occurs earlier in the same novel.
Source: Her Code Name Was "Mary Sue"
Cite this Source
Spill and Light. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/spill
Light & Spill. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/spill>.
Spill or Light. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/spill.
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