Sunlight vs Sunshine - What's the difference?
sunlight | sunshine | Synonyms |
All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth.
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, title= (figuratively, figuratively) Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.
The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.Webster's College Dictionary , Random House, 2001
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A location on which the sun's rays fall.
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*:Out again into the sunshine by the wide mouth of the Green River, as the chart named the brook whose level stream scarce moved into the lake. A streak of blue shot up it between the banks, and a shrill pipe came back as the kingfisher hastened away.
Geniality or cheerfulness.
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A source of cheerfulness or joy.
The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
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(lb) Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.
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Open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.
Sunshine is a synonym of sunlight.
As nouns the difference between sunlight and sunshine
is that sunlight is all the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth while sunshine is the direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.As an adjective sunshine is
open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.sunlight
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(wikipedia sunlight)Noun
(-)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.}}
