As nouns the difference between sunlight and onychomancy
is that
sunlight is all the electromagnetic radiation given off by the sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the earth while
onychomancy is an ancient form of divination based on the reflections of sunlight on a boy's fingernails.
sunlight Noun
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All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Obama goes troll-hunting
, passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight . Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
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(figuratively, figuratively) Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.
Synonyms
* (light from the sun) sunshine
Related terms
* sunbeam
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