Date vs Night - What's the difference?
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The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera , somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
The date palm.
That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made.
* 1681 , (John Dryden), The Spanish Friar
The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle. A specific day.
* 1844 , (Mark Akenside), (The Pleasures of the Imagination), Book II
A point in time
(rare) Assigned end; conclusion.
* (rfdate) (Alexander Pope),
(obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.
* (rfdate) (Edmund Spenser),
* (rfdate) (George Chapman) (translator), (Homer) (author), (w) , Volume 1, Book IV, lines 282–5,
A pre-arranged social meeting.
A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.
A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
* (rfdate) (Joseph Addison)
* 1801 [1796 January], (William Cobbett), A New Year's Gift'', ''Porcupine's works , footnote,
* 1913 [1863], (Marcus Aurelius), , G. Bell and Sons,
To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of.
To determine the age of something.
To take (someone) on a series of dates.
To have a steady relationship with, to be romantically involved with.
* 2008 May 15, NEWS.com.au , "Jessica Simpson upset John Mayer dating Jennifer Aniston":
Of a couple, to be in a romantic relationship.
To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
* (rfdate) (Edward Everett)
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, title= (lb) The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
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, title= (lb) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
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, title= (lb) A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a hotel or other accommodation.
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(lb) Nightfall.
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(lb) Darkness.
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(lb) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
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A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.
*2008 , Richard F. Burton, Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes , p.284:
*:"So I took seat and ate somewhat of my vivers, my horse also feeding upon his fodder, and we nighted in that spot and next morning I set out."
As a noun date
is .As a proper noun night is
(paganism) the goddess of the night in heathenry.date
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) datte, from (etyl) dactylus, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- We made a nice cake from dates .
- There were a few dates planted around the house.
Derived terms
* date fish * date mussel * date palm * date plum * date shell * date treeEtymology 2
From (etyl) date, and Die.Noun
(en noun)- the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.
- US date''' : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK '''date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.
- And bonds without a date , they say, are void.
- the date for pleading
- He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fix'd the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest.
- Do you know the date of the wedding?
- We had to change the dates of the festival because of the flooding.
- You may need that at a later date .
- What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date .
- Good luck prolonged hath thy date .
- As now Saturnius, through his life's whole date ,
- Hath Nestor's bliss raised to as steep a state,
- Both in his age to keep in peace his house,
- And to have children wise and valorous.
- I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.
- I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date .
- We really hit it off on the first date , so we decided to meet the week after.
- We slept together on the first date .
- The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date .
Derived terms
* * blind date * date night * date of birth * date rape * double date * due date * expiry date, expiration date * sell-by date * speed date * transaction date * use-by dateDescendants
* German:Verb
(dat)- You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois.
page 430,
- I keep to the very words of the letter; but that, by "this State," is meant the State of Pennsylvania, cannot be doubted, especially when we see that the letter is dated at Philadelphia.
page 227,
- In these countries much of his Journal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them; and there, a few weeks before his fifty-ninth birthday, he fell sick and died.
- Jessica Simpson reportedly went on a drinking binge after discovering ex-boyfriend John Mayer is dating Jennifer Aniston.
- The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.
citation, passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
Usage notes
* To note the time of writing one may say dated at' or ' from a place.Statistics
*Anagrams
* ----night
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(wikipedia night)Alternative forms
* nite (informal)Noun
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Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}