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Sunlight vs Sunlit - What's the difference?

sunlight | sunlit |

As a noun sunlight

is all the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth.

As an adjective sunlit is

illuminated by sunlight.

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.
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  • (figuratively, figuratively) Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.
  • Synonyms

    * (light from the sun) sunshine

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    sunlit

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    Adjective

    ("sunlit" on Wikipedia) (en adjective)
  • Illuminated by sunlight.
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  • *:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
  • See also

    * candlelit * moonlit * starlit

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