Writing Tips: Spot the Difference 12: Lightening vs Lightning

I’ve seen this once a few times and Microsoft’s spellchecker is notorious for changing it to the wrong one!

Lightening: to become lighter or illuminate

Lightning: a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.

The sky lightened after the storm clouds cleared and lightning stopped.

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