Benight vs Benighten - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between benight and benighten

is that benight is (label) to overtake with night while benighten is (obsolete|transitive) to benight.

(en verb)

(label) To overtake with night.

(label) (of a traveller etc) To be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination

(label) To darken

* 1922 XXV, lines 13-14

The King with half the East at heel is marched from lands of morning;

Their fighters drink the rivers up, their shafts benight the air.

* benighted * benighter * benightment

* OED 2nd edition 1989

(en verb)

(obsolete) To benight.