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Crepusculum vs Crepuscule - What's the difference?

crepusculum | crepuscule |

Crepuscule is a descendant of crepusculum.



As nouns the difference between crepusculum and crepuscule

is that crepusculum is crepuscule; twilight; dusk while crepuscule is twilight.

crepusculum

English

Noun

(-)
  • crepuscule; twilight; dusk
  • [Earthshine] should appear more splendid and be visible after the crepusculum in the dark of night.

    References

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    crepuscule

    English

    Alternative forms

    * crepuscle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Twilight.
  • * 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 54:
  • Van watched them with the same pleasurable awe he had experienced as a child, when, lost in the purple crepuscule of an Italian hotel garden, in an alley of cypresses, he supposed they were golden ghouls or the passing fancies of the garden.

    Derived terms

    * crepuscular

    See also

    * smokefall * crepusculum