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Moonlit vs Moonshiny - What's the difference?

moonlit | moonshiny |

As adjectives the difference between moonlit and moonshiny

is that moonlit is (senseid)lit by moonlight while moonshiny is (obsolete) moonlit; lit by moonlight.

moonlit

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (senseid)Lit by moonlight.
  • *
  • *:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.

    • See also

    * candlelit * sunlit

    moonshiny

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) moonlit; lit by moonlight