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What is the difference between sun and moon?

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In transitive terms the difference between sun and moon

is that sun is to warm or dry in the sunshine while moon is to expose to the rays of the Moon.

sun

English

Alternative forms

* (sense) (capitalized) Sun

Proper noun

  • The star that the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary , Oxford University Press, 1998
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    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
    Usage notes
    * The Sun is traditionally regarded as masculine.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
  • The light and warmth which is received from the sun.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Lambs that did frisk in the sun .
  • Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.Webster's College Dictionary , Random House, 2001
  • * Bible, Psalms lxxiv. 11
    • For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
  • * Eikon Basilike
    • I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity.
  • (chiefly, literary) Sunrise or sunset.
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  • *, p.184 (republished 1832):
  • *:whilst many an hunger-starved poor creature pines in the street, wants clothes to cover him, labours hard all day long, runs, rides for a trifle, fights peradventure from sun' to ' sun , sick and ill, weary, full of pain and grief, is in great distress and sorrow of heart.
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    • Derived terms

    * everything under the sun * sunbath * sunbathe * sunblock * sunburn * sun cream * sun cure * sun deck * sundial * sundown * sunflower * sunglass * sunglasses * sun god * sun hat * sun lamp * sunlight * sunly * sunny * sun protection factor * sunrise * sunscreen * sunset * sunshine * sun shower * sunspot * sunstead * sunstroke * suntan * sunup * sun visor * talk about everything under the sun

    Verb

    (sunn)
  • To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.}}
  • To warm or dry in the sunshine.
  • To be exposed to the sun.
  • To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.

    • See also

    * aphelion * helio- * parhelion * perihelion * solar * sunn

    External links

    * (wikipedia "sun")

    References

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    Anagrams

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    moon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The largest satellite of Earth.
  • Any natural satellite of a planet.
  • (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1737 , author=John Brickell , title=The natural history of North-Carolina , page=308-309 , passage=The number their age by Moons' or Winters, and say a Woman or a Man is so many '''Moons''' old, and so they do with all memorable Actions in life, accounting it to be so many '''Moons or Winters since such or such a thing happened. ''Note: in earlier modern English, many nouns were capitalized, similar to present day German. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1822 , author=Thomas Love Peacock , title=Maid Marian , page=238 , passage=Many moons had waxed and waned when on the afternoon of a lovely summer day a lusty broad-boned knight was riding through the forest of Sherwood.}}
    (Shakespeare)
  • A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, Earth's largest natural satellite) Moon * (natural satellite of a planet) satellite, natural satellite * (month) calendar month, lunar month, month * See also

    Derived terms

    * blood moon * blue moon * crescent moon * full moon * half-moon, half moon * harvest moon * howl at the moon * hung the moon * hunter's moon * man in the moon * moon bear * moon-blind * moon cake * mooncalf * moon-face * moonfish * moonflower * moon guitar * mooning * moonish * moonlight * moonlit * moonly * moon pool * moonraker * moonsail * moonwalk * moonwort * moon zither * new moon * old moon * once in a blue moon * over the moon * phase of the moon * smuggler's moon * thumbnail moon * waning moon * waxing moon

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest
  • (colloquial) (usually followed by'' over''' ''or'' ' after ) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
    • Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.
    You've been mooning after her forever, why not just ask her out?
  • To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
  • * 1898 , Joseph Conrad,
    • We were only three on board. The poor old skipper mooned in the cabin.
  • To expose to the rays of the Moon.
  • * Holland
    • If they have it to be exceeding white indeed, they seethe it yet once more, after it hath been thus sunned and mooned .

    Related terms

    * month * moonsick

    See also

    * lunar * Moonie * Selene

    External links

    (disambig) * (projectlink) * (projectlink)

    Anagrams

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