different between moonrise vs sunshine

English

Etymology

From moon +? rise.

Pronunciation

Noun

moonrise (plural moonrises)

1. The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.
   • 1742, Matthew Towers (translator), The Lyric Pieces of Horace, Dublin, Volume I, Ode III, p. 17,^[1]

     Venus now re-assembles her Choirs of Virgins at Moon-rise, and leads the Ball.

   • 1804, Anna Maria Porter, The Lake of Killarney, London: Longman & Rees, Volume I, p. 23,^[2]

     Shooting, hunting, and cricket, were pursued with the eagerness of laborious occupations: often has he rambled about from day-break to moon-rise, in search of game; and then returned to Mr. ONiel’s, pale with fatigue, and sick with fasting.

   • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine, Chapter 7,^[3]

     Weena, I was glad to find, was fast asleep. I carefully wrapped her in my jacket, and sat down beside her to wait for the moonrise.

   • 1909, Edith Wharton, “The Mortal Lease” V, in Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse, New York: Scribner’s, p. 41,^[4]

     Do I not know, some wingèd things from far

     Are borne along illimitable night

     To dance their lives out in a single flight

     Between the moonrise and the setting star?

   • 1917, James Joyce, “She Weeps over Rahoon” in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, Volume XI, No. II, November, 1917, p. 71,^[5]

     Rain on Rahoon falls softly, softly falling

     Where my dark lover lies.

     Sad is his voice that calls me, sadly calling

     At grey moonrise.

Antonyms

• moonset

Translations

See also

• earthrise
• sunrise

Anagrams

• ionomers

English

Etymology

In the Coverdale Bible in 1535, in Genesis and Exodus about 1250 as Middle English sunnesine; synchronically sun +? shine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n?a?n/
• Hyphenation: sun?shine

Noun

sunshine (usually uncountable, plural sunshines)

1. The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.

   Synonyms: sun, sunlight

2. A location on which the sun's rays fall.
3. (figuratively) Geniality or cheerfulness.
4. A source of cheerfulness or joy.
5. The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
6. (Britain) Friendly form of address often reserved for juniors.

7. (Britain) Ironic form of address used to an inferior or troublemaker.

8. (humorous) Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.

Derived terms

Related terms

• sunbeam

Translations

Adjective

sunshine (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• sunshine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References