Hilite vs. Highlight — What's the Difference?

Informal spelling of highlight

An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.

Informal spelling of highlight

An especially significant or interesting detail or event.

Highlights Strands of hair that have been lightened, as by bleaching or coloring.

To give a highlight to (the subject of a painting, for example).

To make prominent; emphasize

To be a highlight of

To mark (important passages of text) with a usually fluorescent marker as a means of memory retention or for later reference.

To lighten (strands of hair), as by bleaching or coloring.

An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.

(figurative) An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time.

(cosmetology) A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.

(transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.

(transitive) To be a highlight of.

(transitive) To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.

(transitive) To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.

To seek the attention of (a user) on IRC by mentioning their name in a message, causing that message to appear highlighted on their screen.

To emphasize or call attention to, by moving into the foreground or otherwise making more prominent.

To make (part of a text or image) more prominent, especially by making it of a lighter hue or of a different color than the remaining part.

The part of an image that has the most intense light.

The most memorable or enjoyable part; - of events or activities; as, the highlight of our trip was the tour of the Vatican.

The most interesting or memorable part;

An area of lightness in a picture

Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent;