different between sunlight vs apheliotropism

English

Etymology

From Middle English sonnelight, sunneliht, from Old English sunnan l?oht (“sunlight”), equivalent to sun +? light. Cognate with Dutch zonlicht (“sunlight”), German Low German Sünnenlücht (“sunlight”), German Sonnenlicht (“sunlight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n?la?t/
• Hyphenation: sun?light

Noun

sunlight (countable and uncountable, plural sunlights)

1. All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth.

2. (figuratively) Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.
3. Synonym of sunrise.

Synonyms

• (light from the sun): daylight, sun, sunshine
• (brightness): hope, optimism
• (sunrise): break of day, first light, sunup; see also Thesaurus:dawn

Hypernyms

• light

Derived terms

• Port Sunlight
• sunlight is the best disinfectant

Related terms

• sunbeam

Translations

Verb

sunlight (third-person singular simple present sunlights, present participle sunlighting, simple past and past participle sunlighted)

1. To work on the side (at a secondary job) during the daytime.

References

• sunlight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• hustling, unlights

English

Noun

apheliotropism (uncountable)

1. The habit of bending away from sunlight, as some plants do.