# Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 5, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows/21685 "2008-11-05T21:50:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cliffk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@cliffk](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cliffk)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows/21685/1 "2008-11-05T21:50:47Z")
A simple question for simple minds. What’s the difference between a sun roof and a moon roof? Does the former only work in daylight while the later only function at night. ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows/21685/2 "2008-11-05T21:55:10Z")
I think that “moonroof” is a Ford invented name. ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows/21685/3 "2008-11-05T21:59:10Z")
Yes, you’ve got it. One is for letting in sunlight and the other is for letting in moonlight. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows/21685/4 "2008-11-05T22:34:12Z")
There’s no clear definition. The terms are used interchangably. Generally, I consider one that opens to be a sunroof and one that does not to be a moonroof. Others will surely disagree. ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows/21685/5 "2008-11-05T22:48:06Z")
Yes, Ford/Lincoln/Mercury “moonroofs” both tilt up and slide open. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows/21685/6 "2008-11-05T23:26:05Z")
I’ve always refered to a sunroof as being a glass panel on the roof that was opened manually and operated with a hinge so the glass could be tilted to allow ventilation. Or the glass panel could be removed leaving the opening. And a moonroof as a glass/metal panel that was operated by an electric motor that slid back under the rear section of the roof. Tester ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows/21685/7 "2008-11-05T23:33:55Z")
Why do you lable people responding to your question as having “simple minds”? ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows/21685/8 "2008-11-06T00:58:05Z")
My Accord has a moonroof that both lifts up and slides to open. It’s just whatever the manufacturer wants to call it. ---
**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows/21685/9 "2008-11-07T02:21:34Z")
Yeh, I wondered about that myself. I reckon that’s why I didn’t respond. ---
**Author:** ![meaneyedcatz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meaneyedcatz/32/692_2.png) [@meaneyedcatz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meaneyedcatz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows/21685/10 "2008-11-09T21:20:30Z")
Different words evoke different feelings by people. It’s marketers trying to get into peoples wallets by getting into thier heads. A different word can make something simple seem romantic or intelligent thus people will more likely buy the product. A simple question for simple minds…I assume you meant an easy question to be easily answered.