Dawn vs. Sunrise

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.

Sunrisenoun

The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

Sunrisenoun

The change in color of the sky at dawn.

Sunrisenoun

(figuratively) Any great awakening.

Sunrisenoun

The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at sunrise.

Sunrisenoun

Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east.

Sunrisenoun

the first light of day;

Sunrisenoun

atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun

Sunrisenoun

the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon

Sunriseadjective

of an industry or technology; new and developing;

Sunrisenoun

the time in the morning when the sun appears or full daylight arrives

Sunrisenoun

the colours and light visible in the sky on an occasion of the sun's first appearance in the morning, considered as a view or spectacle

Sunrise

Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon and its accompanying atmospheric effects.