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Moonlight vs Moonglade - What's the difference?

moonlight | moonglade |

As nouns the difference between moonlight and moonglade

is that moonlight is the light reflected from the moonwebster's college dictionary , random house, 2001 while moonglade is (poetic|rare) the bright reflection of moonlight on a body of water.

As a verb moonlight

is to work on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night.

moonlight

English

Noun

(-)
  • 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
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.
  • Usage notes

    In American English, to moonlight is simply to work at secondary employment;Mish, Drederick C. (ed.). 1995. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.'' 10th ed. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. in British English, it used to imply working secretly (i.e., not paying tax on the extra money earned), but more recent editions of some UK dictionaries no longer mention a difference to the US usage.Treffry, Diana (ed.). 1999. ''Collins Paperback English Dictionary. 4th ed. Glasgow: HarperCollins.

    Derived terms

    * moonlighter

    References

    moonglade

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic, rare) The bright reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
  • :* Heaven was full of silent stars, and there was a moonglade on the water that stretched almost from him to Rose.'' — Edgar Rice Burroughs, ''The Efficiency Expert , 1921
  • :* The sea shimmered there, and turned, at last, into a moonglade , through which she glided handsomely.'' — Edmund Gilligan, ''Voyage of the Golden Hind , 1945
  • :* the new moon, descending, gave her a moonglade down which she sailed until moonset and plunged on into the darkness,'' — Edmund Gilligan, ''I Name Thee Mara , New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946
  • :* a double moonglade on the Auroral Ocean ...'' — Paul Anderson, ''Mirkieim , 1977
  • Synonyms

    * moonwake

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