What's the difference between sonless and sunless?

Sonless


Definition:

  • (a.) Being without a son.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Possible implications of these results are discussed and the original gene action hypothesis for snl is extended to incorporate these new findings.-Sonless is non-allelic but closely linked to rudimentary (r) and fused (fu), two mutants with similar sex-ratio patterns.

Sunless


Definition:

  • (a.) Destitute or deprived of the sun or its rays; shaded; shadowed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Dihydroxyacetone-containing sunless or self-tanning topical preparations are enjoying a resurgence of use in recent years.
  • (2) The surgical masks being distributed across the nation will do almost nothing to protect those living in a sunless smog.

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