Skylight vs. Daylight: What's the Difference?
Skylight and Daylight Definitions
Skylight
An overhead window, as in a roof, admitting daylight.
Daylight
The light of day; sunlight.
Skylight
Light from the sky.
Daylight
Dawn
At work before daylight.
Skylight
A hole in the congealed surface of a lava flow, through which flowing lava can be seen.
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Daylight
Daytime.
Skylight
(architecture) A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.
Daylight
Exposure to public notice
Corrupt business practices that were finally brought to daylight.
Skylight
(physics) Diffuse sky radiation—solar radiation reaching the earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere.
Daylight
Understanding or insight into what was formerly obscure
New evidence that gave the researchers some daylight into the matter.
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Skylight
(volcanology) A hole in the upper part of a lava tube, yielding a view of the lava within.
Daylight
(Sports) An opening, as between defensive players, especially one providing an opportunity for action
The running back found some daylight and gained six yards.
Skylight
A region of flat, thin ice allowing a submarine to surface.
Daylight
Daylights(Slang) One's wits
"His adventurism had scared the daylights out of them" (Frederick Forsyth).
Skylight
A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from above.
Daylight
The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
Skylight
A window in a roof to admit daylight
Daylight
A light source that simulates daylight.
Daylight
The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
Daylight
The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
We should get home while it's still daylight.
Daylight
Daybreak.
We had only two hours to work before daylight.
Daylight
Exposure to public scrutiny.
Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight.
Daylight
A clear, open space.
All small running backs instinctively run to daylight.
He could barely see daylight through the complex clockwork.
Finally, after weeks of work on the project, they could see daylight.
Daylight
The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
The minimum and maximum daylights on an injection molding machine determines the sizes of the items it can make.
Daylight
(figurative) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
We completely agree. There's no daylight between us on the issue.
Daylight
The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.
Daylight
To expose to daylight
Daylight
(architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
Daylight
To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
Daylight
To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
Daylight
(intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.
The seam of coal daylighted at a cliff by the river.
Daylight
The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.
Daylight
The eyes.
Daylight
The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside;
The dawn turned night into day
It is easier to make the repairs in the daytime
Daylight
Light during the daytime
