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Sonny vs Sonly - What's the difference?

sonny | sonly |

As a proper noun sonny

is a nickname of a child.

As an adjective sonly is

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son.

sonny

English

Noun

(sonnies)
  • a familiar form of address for a boy

    • See also

    * sissy

    sonly

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son.
  • *2003 , Calvin Miller, A Hunger for the Holy :
    • There's something sonly' in each human being; but how well he hides it, and how unskillful we are at finding it! This "something ' sonly " is the vacuum of our hearts — a yearning emptiness that strains to be filled with Christ.
  • *2008 , Rik Van Nieuwenhove, Rob Faesen, H. Rolfson, Late Medieval Mysticism of the Low Countries :
    • And also, if the Father were not the Father, then the Son would not have his sonly name.