Difference between Buoy Up and Lighten

BUOY UP vs LIGHTEN: VERB

To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.
To descend; to light.
To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.

To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate
To free from trouble and fill with joy.
To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden
To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate.
To cheer; to exhilarate.

To make lighter in color or shade: as, to lighten the background of a picture.
To cheer; gladden.
To make less burdensome or oppressive; alleviate: as, to lighten the cares of life.
To make light or less heavy; reduce in weight; relieve of weight: as, to lighten coin by clipping or abrasion; to lighten a load or a ship.
To become light or less heavy.
To send forth like lightning.
To illuminate mentally or spiritually; enlighten.
To make light or bright; give light to; light up.
To emit flashes of lightning; shoot out as lightning; flash. See lightning. The lightning that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven shineth unto the other part.
To become light or lighter; grow light or clear up; brighten: as, the sky lightens.
To descend; settle down; light.
Make more cheerful through the use of color
Reduce the weight on
Make lighter

Life ring, Flotant, Waftage, Enhearten, Natant, Natantly, Air jacket, Insubmergible, Life buoy, Flutterboard, Buoyant, Buoyancy, Life belt, Lighten, Buoy

Enlighten, Minimize, Ameliorate, Simplify, Relax, Alleviate, Ease, Reduce, Relieve, Soften, Lessen, Loosen, Buoy up, Lighten up, Brighten

Pep up, Uplift, Take heart, Life ring, Flotant, Waftage, Enhearten, Natant, Natantly, Air jacket, Insubmergible, Life buoy, Flutterboard, Buoyant, Life belt

Streamline, Diminish, Enlighten, Minimize, Ameliorate, Simplify, Relax, Ease, Reduce, Relieve, Soften, Lessen, Loosen, Buoy up, Brighten

The philosophic mind can buoy up distress by hope, and curb the insolence of success by reflecting on its instability.
Statements of encouragement buoy up children all along the way, and are not reserved simply for recognizing a successful end result.
Atwal expects migrations away from XP by smaller firms will continue to buoy up PC sales.
You buoy up your hope in His magnificent promises of resurrection and everlasting happiness.
Waft, swim, be buoyed up; bear up, buoy up; spread, nate.

Christmas cheer that helped lighten up the screen.
Do this daily till the dark circles lighten.
How about a poem to lighten things up?
Can You Lighten Up Corned Beef and Cabbage?
Lighten the mood with a funny Christmas card.
Lighten up and learn to compromise on occasion.
Acetone will cause the colours to lighten considerably.
Take a look and feel your shoulders lighten.
Messiah will lighten the righteous when he comes.
But things lighten up, as much as they can ever lighten up in the ACC, over the next three weeks.