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Moony vs Lunar - What's the difference?

moony | lunar |

As adjectives the difference between moony and lunar

is that moony is resembling the moon while lunar is of, or pertaining to, the moon; moonly.

As nouns the difference between moony and lunar

is that moony is the act of mooning while lunar is (astronomy) a lunar distance.

moony

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Resembling the moon.
  • Moonlit.
  • Absent-minded.

    • Noun

    (moonies)
  • The act of mooning.
  • :She was doing a moony .

    • lunar

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or pertaining to, the Moon; moonly.
    • lunar observations
  • Crescent-shaped, lunate.
  • Resembling the moon; orbed.
    • (Dryden)
  • Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties.
    • lunar herbs
    (Francis Bacon)
  • (alchemy) Of, or pertaining to, silver.

    • Derived terms

    * lunacy * lunate * lunar caustic * lunar cycle * lunar distance * lunar module * lunar month * lunar node * lunar observation * lunar orbit * lunar year

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) A lunar distance.
  • (anatomy) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus.

    • Synonyms

    * (bone) intermedium, semilunar (Webster 1913)

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