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Sunlight vs Daylight - What's the difference?

sunlight | daylight |

As nouns the difference between sunlight and daylight

is that sunlight is all the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth while daylight is the light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.

As a verb daylight is

to expose to daylight.

sunlight

English

(wikipedia sunlight)

Noun

(-)
  • All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth.
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  • (figuratively, figuratively) Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.

    • Synonyms

    * (light from the sun) sunshine

    Related terms

    * sunbeam

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    daylight

    English

    Noun

  • The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
  • A light source that simulates daylight.
  • (countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
  • The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
  • Daybreak.
  • * 1835 , Sir , Sir (James Clark Ross), Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1 , pp.284-5
    • Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight , there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.
  • Exposure to public scrutiny.
  • A clear, open space.
  • (countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
  • (idiomatic) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.

    • Synonyms

    * daytime * morning

    Antonyms

    * night * darkness

    Derived terms

    * broad daylight, in broad daylight

    Verb

  • To expose to daylight
  • (architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
  • To allow light in, as by drawing drapes.
  • (landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
  • To gain exposure to the open.
    • The seam of coal daylighted at a cliff by the river.

    See also

    * dawn * sunrise * sunset