Tranquil vs Sunny - What's the difference?
tranquil | sunny | Related terms |
Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
* 1847 , , chapter XXVIII
Calm; without motion or sound.
* 1921 , Douglas Wilson Johnson, Battlefields of the World War, Western and Southern Fronts: A Study in Military Geography , page 262
(of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.
(of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.
(figuratively, of a person or a person's mood) Cheerful.
* Shakespeare
Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; brilliant; radiant.
* Spenser
* Shakespeare
(US, regional) sunny side up
Tranquil is a related term of sunny.
As adjectives the difference between tranquil and sunny
is that tranquil is free from emotional or mental disturbance while sunny is (of weather or a day) featuring a lot of sunshine.As an adverb sunny is
(us|regional) sunny side up.As a noun sunny is
a sunfish.tranquil
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.
- that the streams which did form were clear and tranquil' because fed by perennial springs from the underground supply; and that in their ' tranquil waters extensive peat bogs formed.
Synonyms
* (free from emotional disturbance) calm, peaceful, serene, steady * peacefulAntonyms
* (free from emotional disturbance) agitatedsunny
English
Adjective
(er)- Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
- the sunny side of a hill
- I would describe Spain as sunny , but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
- a sunny disposition
- My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.
- sunny beams
- sunny locks