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Sunshine vs Sunny - What's the difference?

sunshine | sunny |

As nouns the difference between sunshine and sunny

is that sunshine is the direct rays, light or warmth of the sun while sunny is a sunfish.

As adjectives the difference between sunshine and sunny

is that sunshine is open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings while sunny is featuring a lot of sunshine.

As an adverb sunny is

sunny side up.

sunshine

English

Noun

(-)
  • 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.
  • :
  • A source of cheerfulness or joy.
  • The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
  • (lb)
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  • (lb) Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.
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    • Synonyms

    * (light from the sun ): sunlight

    Derived terms

    * sunshiny * sunshineless

    Related terms

    * sunbeam

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.

    • Derived terms

    (permitting public access) * sunshine agenda * sunshine law

    References

    sunny

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.
    • Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
  • (of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.
    • the sunny side of a hill
    I would describe Spain as sunny , but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
  • (figuratively, of a person or a person's mood) Cheerful.
    • a sunny disposition
  • * Shakespeare
    • My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.
  • Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; brilliant; radiant.
  • * Spenser
    • sunny beams
  • * Shakespeare
    • sunny locks

    Synonyms

    * bright; sunshiny * (place) sunlit * (person) bright, cheerful

    Derived terms

    * sunnily * sunniness * sunny side up * unsunny

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (US, regional) sunny side up

    • Noun

    (sunnies)
  • A sunfish.
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