Dark vs Room - What's the difference?

In uncountable terms the difference between dark and room

is that dark is nightfall while room is space for something, or to carry out an activity. {{jump|space|s|t}.

As adjectives the difference between dark and room

is that dark is having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light while room is wide; spacious; roomy.

As nouns the difference between dark and room

is that dark is a complete or (more often) partial absence of light while room is opportunity or scope (to do something).

As an adverb room is

far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.

As a verb room is

to reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.

dark

English

Adjective

(er)

Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.

*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Out of the gloom , passage=[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark , look for specks of light in the villages.}}

#(lb) .

#Deprived of sight; blind.

#*(John Evelyn) (1620-1706)

#*:He was, I think, at this time quite dark , and so had been for some years.

(lb) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.

*:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

*:If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.

Hidden, secret, obscure.

*1603-1606 , (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) , i 1

*:Meantime we shall express our darker purpose

#Not clear to the understanding; not easily through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word?

#*1594- , (Richard Hooker),

#*:What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain.

#*(w) (1819-1885)

#*:the dark problems of existence

# Having racing capability not widely known.

Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:Left him at large to his own dark designs.

Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.

* (1800-1859)

*:A deep melancholy took possession of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature.

*(Washington Irving) (1783-1859)

*:There is, in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period.

*Sir (1614-1669)

*:The age wherein he lived was dark , but he / Could not want light who taught the world to see.

*(Arthur Hallam) (1811-1833)

*:The tenth century used to be reckoned by mediaeval historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night.

With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form or a portion of either.

Synonyms

* (relative lack of light) dim, gloomy, see also * (sinister or secret) hidden, secret, sinister, see also * (without morals) malign, sinister, see also * (of colour) deep, see also * (conducive to hopelessness) hopeless, negative, pessimistic * (lacking progress) unenlightened

Antonyms

* (relative lack of light) bright, light, lit * (of colour) bright, light, pale

Derived terms

* dark energy * dark flow * dark-haired * dark horse * dark matter * dark-skinned

Noun

(en-noun)

A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.

* Shakespeare

Here stood he in the dark , his sharp sword out.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=17 citation , passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

(uncountable) Ignorance.

* Shakespeare

Look, what you do, you do it still i' th' dark .

* John Locke

Till we perceive by our own understandings, we are as much in the dark , and as void of knowledge, as before.

(uncountable) Nightfall.

A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.

* Dryden

The lights may serve for a repose to the darks', and the ' darks to the lights.

Derived terms

* after dark * all cats are gray in the dark * at dark * bedarken * before dark * Dark Ages * dark blue * dark brown * dark chocolate * dark comedy * Dark Continent * dark current * dark elves * darken * dark energy * darkey * dark fiber * darkfield * dark field * dark figure * darkful * dark glasses * dark horse * dark house * darkish * dark lantern * darkle * dark matter * dark meat * dark nebula * darkness * dark reaction * dark red * darkroom * dark-room * dark room * dark-skinned * dark side * darksome * dark space * dark star * darky * endark * oh dark thirty * pitch-dark * shot in the dark * whistle in the dark

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room

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) roum, rom, rum, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)

(dialectal, or, obsolete) Wide; spacious; roomy.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) rome, from (etyl) .

Adverb

(en adverb)

(dialectal, or, obsolete) Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.

(nautical) Off from the wind.

Etymology 3

From (etyl) roum, from (etyl) through Indo-European. More at (l). Apparently an exception to the , which otherwise would have produced the pronunciation , but /a?/ does not occur before noncoronal consonants in Modern English.

Noun

(en noun)

* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) I:

Thou lorde whiche knowest the hertes of all men, shewe whether thou hast chosen of these two, that the one maye take the roume of this ministracion, and apostleshippe from the which Judas by transgression fell, that he myght goo to his awne place.

* 1748 , (Samuel Richardson), (Clarissa) :

Nor shalt thou give me room to doubt whether it be necessity or love, that inspires this condescending impulse.

(label) Space for'' something, or ''to carry out an activity.

* 2010 , Jonathan Franklin, The Guardian , 27 Aug 2010:

He explains they have enough room to stand and lie down, points out the "little cup to brush our teeth", and the place where they pray.

(label) A particular portion of space.

* (rfdate) (Thomas Overbury) (c.1581-1613)

If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse.

* (rfdate) Bible, (w) xiv. 8

When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room .

* (rfdate) (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance.

* 2010 , Roger Bootle, The Telegraph , 12 Sep 2010:

There are major disagreements within the Coalition and politicians always want to retain room for manoeuvre.

(label) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.

(label) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.

* 1813 , (Jane Austen), (Pride and Prejudice) :

Miss Bingley made no answer, and soon afterwards she got up and walked about the room .

* , chapter=10

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He looked round the poor room', at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a '''room''' like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a ' room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}

(label) With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.

* , chapter=6

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=20 citation , passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room . I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}

(label) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.

(label) An area for working in a coal mine. (jump)

(label) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage. (jump)

Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.

* (rfdate) Bible, (w) ii. 22

When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod.

* (rfdate) (William Tyndale) (1494-1536)

Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.

* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Let Bianca take her sister's room .

Quotations

* (English Citations of "room")

Synonyms

* (jump) elbow room, legroom, space * (jump) chamber, quarters * (jump) chamber * See also

Derived terms

* art room * AV room * backroom * ballroom * bathroom * bedroom * billiards room * blue room * boardroom * boiler room * box-room * break room * changing room * chat room * classroom * clean my room * cold room * common room * computer room * control room * copy room * courtroom * cutting room * darkroom * delivery room * dining room * discussion room * display room * dormroom * dressing room * elbow room * elephant in the room * embalming room * emergency room * engine room * examination room * fitting room * Florida room * front room * game room * get a room * giftwrapping room * green room * guest room * headroom * inner room * in the room * lamp room * laundry room * legroom * living room * locker room * lunchroom * map room * meditation room * meeting room * mud room * music room * need a room * newsroom * no room at the inn * operating room * padded room * panic room * plant room * play room * pool room * powder room * prep room * press room * private room * pump room * reading room * ready room * recording room * reptile room * romper room * room and board * room at the top * room for abuse * room for apology * room for dessert * room for error * room for improvement * room service * room to breathe * room to grow * room to roam * room with a view * roommate * roomie * roomy * rubber room * rumpus room * save room * school room * science room * screening room * sewing room * showroom * sitting room * sound room * spare room * standing room only * steam room * storeroom * strong room * study room * sunroom * the other room * the upper room * upstairs room * viewing room * waiting room * war room * washroom * weightroom * wiggle room * work the room * workroom

Verb

To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.

Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.

Derived terms

* roomer * room together * roomy

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External links

* (wikipedia "room")

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