Hmmm... your friend is a thing, that is he is an object. Light has a wavelength. So is light a thing, or an object, or just a form of energy? If light is an object or thing, then other things can have wavelengths, too. So is light a discrete object -- a thing or is it just a wave of energy. Don't answer that too fast -- I'm dancing around a certain term you should have heard in class or read in your textbook.