Daylight vs Birthday - What's the difference?
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The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
A light source that simulates daylight.
(countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
Daybreak.
* 1835 , Sir , Sir (James Clark Ross),
Exposure to public scrutiny.
A clear, open space.
(countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
(idiomatic) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
To expose to daylight
(architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
To allow light in, as by drawing drapes.
(landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
To gain exposure to the open.
The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
* 1867 , , Chapter 2: Treats Of Oliver Twist's Growth, Education, And Board,
* 1903', '', The Fifth Surprise: The Monarch Celebrates His ' Birthday ,
* 1906 , , Chapter 9: The pride of Perks,
* (editor), Diary of Cotton Mather , Volume 1: 1681-1708, footnote,
* 1921 June 4, ,
The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate' or '''date of birth .
As nouns the difference between daylight and birthday
is that daylight is the light from the sun, as opposed to that from any other source while birthday is the anniversary of the day on which someone is born.As a verb daylight
is to expose to daylight.daylight
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Noun
Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pp.284-5
- Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight , there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
Synonyms
* daytime * morningAntonyms
* night * darknessDerived terms
* broad daylight, in broad daylightVerb
- The seam of coal daylighted at a cliff by the river.
See also
* dawn * sunrise * sunsetbirthday
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(wikipedia birthday)Noun
(en noun)- Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference.
- One of the Wise Men said the King was born in February; another declared it was in May, and a third figured the great event happened in October. So the King issued a royal decree that he should have three birthdays' every year, in order to be on the safe side; and whenever he happened to think of it he put in an odd ' birthday or two for luck.
- "And we thought we'd make a nice birthday for him. He's been so awfully jolly decent to us, you know, Mother," said Peter, "and we agreed that next bun-day we'd ask you if we could."
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- It was his custom to begin a new year's record on February 12, his birthday .
- The King's Birthday , which occurred yesterday, will be officially observed to-day, and the customary list of honours conferred on the occasion is published.
