Daylight vs Moonlight - What's the difference?
daylight | moonlight |
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 light reflected from the moon.Webster's College Dictionary , Random House, 2001
(attributive) Illuminated by the light from the moon.The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary , Oxford University Press, 1998
To work on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night.
(by extension) To engage in an activity other than what one is known for.
As nouns the difference between daylight and moonlight
is that daylight is the light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source while moonlight is the light reflected from the moon.As verbs the difference between daylight and moonlight
is that daylight is to expose to daylight while moonlight is to work on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night.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.
