Hilite vs. Highlight — What's the Difference?

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

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;