The difference between Bright and Sunny

When used as nouns, bright means an artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head, whereas sunny means a sunfish.

When used as adjectives, bright means visually dazzling, whereas sunny means featuring a lot of sunshine.


Sunny is also adverb with the meaning: sunny side up.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bright and Sunny

  1. Bright as an adjective:

    Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.

    Examples:

    "Could you please dim the light? It's far too bright."

  2. Bright as an adjective:

    Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

    Examples:

    "He's very bright. He was able to solve the problem without my help."

  3. Bright as an adjective:

    Vivid, colourful, brilliant.

    Examples:

    "The orange and blue walls of the sitting room were much brighter than the dull grey walls of the kitchen."

  4. Bright as an adjective:

    Happy, in .

    Examples:

    "I woke up today feeling so bright that I decided to have a little dance."

  5. Bright as an adjective:

    Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; cheerful.

  6. Bright as an adjective:

    Illustrious; glorious.

  7. Bright as an adjective:

    Clear; transparent.

  8. Bright as an adjective (archaic):

    Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.

  1. Bright as a noun:

    An artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.

  2. Bright as a noun (obsolete):

    splendour; brightness

  3. Bright as a noun (neologism):

    A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements.

  4. Bright as a noun (US, in the plural):

    The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps.

    Examples:

    "Your brights are on."

  1. Sunny as an adjective (of weather or a day):

    Featuring a lot of sunshine.

    Examples:

    "Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain."

  2. Sunny as an adjective (of a place):

    Receiving a lot of sunshine.

    Examples:

    "the sunny side of a hill"

    "I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara."

  3. Sunny as an adjective (figuratively, of a person or a person's mood):

    Cheerful.

    Examples:

    "a sunny disposition"

  4. Sunny as an adjective:

    Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; brilliant; radiant.

  1. Sunny as an adverb (US, regional):

    sunny side up

  1. Sunny as a noun:

    A sunfish.