Sun and Year

Sun

Sun noun - The light given off by the star around which the planet Earth revolves.

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Year and sun are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Year" instead a noun "Sun".

Nearby Words: sunless, sunlit

Year noun - The period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun.

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Sun and year are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sun" instead a noun "Year". literary substitute

Nearby Words: yearly, yearling

full	full sun	full year
current	current sun	current year
original	original sun	original year
light	light sun	light year
Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, real, great, distant, lost, extra, different, local, fifth.

Mars' distance from the sun is, well, not similar (the Martian year is 687 days), but it is within the Sun's habitable zone, where liquid water could regularly exist.

Source: Useful Notes / Dan Quayle
According to internet meme, once per year Chuck Norris selects one lucky kid to be thrown into the sun.

Source: Hurl It into the Sun
If the Moondial of Klorr is left beneath the full light of the sun for a year and a day, it will crumble to dust.

Source: A Year and a Day

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