different between sunburn vs sunbathe

English

Etymology

From Middle English *sunne burnen, *sonne brennen, *sunne brennen (suggested by derivatives sonne brennynge, sunne brennynge (“sunburn”, literally “sun-burning”) and sunne brente (“sunburnt”), equivalent to sun +? burn. Compare West Frisian sinnebrân (“sunburn”), Dutch zonnebrand (“sunburn”), German Sonnenbrand (“sunburn”), Swedish solbränna (“sunburn”), Icelandic sólbruni (“sunburn”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?nb?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?nb??n/

Noun

sunburn (countable and uncountable, plural sunburns)

1. A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
2. A burn on the tissue of crop plants or their fruits (especially if they are rich in water like tomatoes, grapes, apples, gooseberries) caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.

   Synonym: sunscald

Related terms

• sunburnt
• windburn

Translations

Verb

sunburn (third-person singular simple present sunburns, present participle sunburning, simple past and past participle sunburned)

1. (intransitive) To receive a sunburn.
   • c. 1613, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, London: D.N. and T.C., 1678, Act V, Scene 2, p. 64,^[1]

     I have brought

     Your grace a Salamanders skin, to keep you

     From sun-burning.

   • 1724, Aaron Hill, The Plain Dealer, No. 81, 28 December, 1724, London: S. Richardson and A. Wilde, Volume 2, p. 199,^[2]

     […] there is a a Country, in the World, call’d Turkey; where Women are secur’d against the Danger of Sun-burning, by being kept out of the open Air, and lock’d up, like other Jewels, in Places where no Mischief can reach ’em.
2. (transitive) To burn or tan (someone's skin) by the sun; to allow (a part of one's body) to become sunburnt.
   • 1668, John Dryden, Sir Martin Mar-all, London: H. Herringman, Act II, p. 11,^[3]

     My Aunt charg’d me not to pull off my Glove for fear of Sun-burning my hand.

   • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Penguin, 1999, Part 3, Chapter 1, p. 171,^[4]

     As we crossed the Colorado-Utah border I saw God in the sky in the form of huge gold sunburning clouds above the desert […]

   • 1989, Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees, New York: Harper and Row, Chapter 7, p. 95,^[5]

     “Oh shoot, I’ve sunburned the top half of my boobs,” she said, frowning down her chest.

Translations

Anagrams

• unburns

English

Etymology

From sun +? bathe

Verb

sunbathe (third-person singular simple present sunbathes, present participle sunbathing, simple past and past participle sunbathed)

1. (intransitive) To expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan.

Synonyms

• catch some rays

Coordinate terms

• moonbathe
• starbathe

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• sunburn
• suntan

Noun

sunbathe (plural sunbathes)

1. A sunbathing session: a sunbath.

   Do you think it's warm enough outside for a sunbathe?