Dawn vs. Dusk

Dawnverb

(intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.

Dawnverb

(intransitive) To start to appear or be realized.

Dawnverb

(intransitive) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

Dawnnoun

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

Dawnnoun

(countable) The rising of the sun.

Dawnnoun

(uncountable) The time when the sun rises.

Dawnnoun

(uncountable) The beginning.

Dawnverb

To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.

Dawnverb

To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

Dawnnoun

The break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.

Dawnnoun

First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.

Dawnnoun

the first light of day;

Dawnnoun

the earliest period;

Dawnnoun

an opening time period;

Dawnverb

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;

Dawnverb

appear or develop;

Dawnverb

become light;

Dawn

Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the appearance of indirect sunlight being scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc has reached 18° below the observer's horizon.

Dusknoun

A period of time at the end of day when the sun is below the horizon but before the full onset of night, especially the darker part of twilight.

Dusknoun

A darkish colour.

Duskverb

(intransitive) To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk.

Duskverb

(transitive) To make dusk.

Duskadjective

Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

Duskadjective

Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

Dusknoun

Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.

Dusknoun

A darkish color.

Duskverb

To make dusk.

Duskverb

To grow dusk.

Dusknoun

the time of day immediately following sunset;

Dusk

Dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, or at the very end of astronomical twilight after sunset and just before night. At predusk, during early to intermediate stages of twilight, enough light in the sky under clear conditions may occur to read outdoors without artificial illumination; however, at the end of civil twilight (when Earth rotates to a point at which the center of the Sun's disk is 6° below the local horizon), such lighting is required to read outside.