Dusk vs. Sunset

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.

Sunsetnoun

The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

Sunsetnoun

The changes in color of the sky at sunset.

Sunsetnoun

(figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.

Sunsetnoun

(attributively) Having a set termination date.

Sunsetnoun

The region where the sun sets; the west.

Sunsetverb

To phase out.

Sunsetnoun

The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively.

Sunsetnoun

Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west.

Sunsetnoun

the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

Sunsetnoun

atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun

Sunsetnoun

the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

Sunsetadjective

of a declining industry or technology;

Sunsetadjective

providing for termination;

Sunset

Sunset, also known as sundown, is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon due to Earth's rotation. As viewed from everywhere on Earth (except the North and South poles), the equinox Sun sets due west at the moment of both the Spring and Autumn equinox.