Day vs. Night

Daynoun

Any period of 24 hours.

Daynoun

A period from midnight to the following midnight.

Daynoun

(astronomy) Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).

Daynoun

The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.

Daynoun

Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.

Daynoun

A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.

Daynoun

A period of contention of a day or less.

Daynoun

(meteorology) A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.

Dayverb

To spend a day (in a place).

Daynoun

The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine; - also called daytime.

Daynoun

The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. - ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below.

Daynoun

Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.

Daynoun

A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.

Daynoun

Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.

Daynoun

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis;

Daynoun

some point or period in time;

Daynoun

the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside;

Daynoun

a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance;

Daynoun

the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working);

Daynoun

an era of existence or influence;

Daynoun

a period of opportunity;

Daynoun

the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis;

Daynoun

the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day

Daynoun

United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)

Day

A day is approximately the period during which the Earth completes one rotation around its axis, which takes around 24 hours. A solar day is the length of time which elapses between the Sun reaching its highest point in the sky two consecutive times.

Nightnoun

(countable) The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.

Nightnoun

(countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

Nightnoun

(countable) A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a hotel or other accommodation.

Nightnoun

(uncountable) Nightfall.

Nightnoun

(uncountable) Darkness.

Nightnoun

(uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.

Nightnoun

A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.

Nightverb

To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.

Nightnoun

That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.

Nightnoun

Darkness; obscurity; concealment.

Nightnoun

Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.

Nightnoun

A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.

Nightnoun

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

Nightnoun

the time between sunset and midnight;

Nightnoun

the period spent sleeping;

Nightnoun

the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit;

Nightnoun

darkness;

Nightnoun

a shortening of nightfall;

Nightnoun

a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom

Nightnoun

Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

Night

Night (also described as night time or night-time or nighttime, unconventionally spelled as nite) is the period of ambient darkness from sunset to sunrise during each 24-hour day, when the Sun is below the horizon. The exact time when night begins and ends depends on the location and varies throughout the year, based on factors such as season and latitude.