sidelight

side·light (sīd′līt′)

noun

a light coming from the side
a bit of incidental knowledge or information on a subject
a window or opening in or at the side of a wall, door, etc.
a lamp or light carried on the side of a ship or boat, a red one on the port side and a green one on the starboard

Converse of object

throw: This may throw a sidelight on the regard in which " American business methods " are held in some parts of the world.
cast: In fact it casts a rather satirical sidelight on people who interfere with the lives of others.
have: If you have seperate sidelights with an indicator in the bumper then this part will fit your car.
illuminate: And the end of George V throws an illuminating sidelight on Palace politics.

Preposition: on

life: The plot is slight, but there are some intriguing sidelights on social life.

Adjective modifier

interesting: These details, at the end of the official pages of the books, form an interesting sidelight on local conditions.
front: Front sidelights are either small bulbs set in the headlamp reflector, or larger bulbs ( around 5 watts ) under separate covers.
amusing: He offers some informed and amusing sidelights on royal life that regular readers of the magazine should find fascinating.
fascinating: They have, beyond doubt, no substantial value whatever except as a fascinating sidelight on the mind of our greatest genius.
rear: The rear sidelight didn't, but amazingly the brake light did.

Modifies a noun

bulb: Don't do what a mate of mine did when he was stopped for driving with red sidelight bulbs.

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