Dawn vs Midnight - What's the difference?
dawn | midnight |
To begin to brighten with daylight.
* Bible, (w) xxviii. 1
To start to appear or be realized.
*
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To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
(countable) The rising of the sun.
(uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
(uncountable) The beginning.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= The middle of the night; 12:00 am; on a 12-hour clock, 12:00 at night; on a 24-hour clock, 00:00.
* :
The middle of the night: the moment of time, which is equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
As nouns the difference between midnight and dawn
is that midnight is the middle of the night; 12:00 am; on a 12-hour clock, 12:00 at night; on a 24-hour clock, 00:00 while dawn is the morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.As a verb dawn is
to begin to brighten with daylight.As a proper noun Dawn is
{{given name|female|from=English}} sometimes given to a girl born at that time of day.dawn
English
Verb
(en verb)- In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdaleneto see the sepulchre.
- in dawning youth
- when life awakes, and dawns at every line
Derived terms
* dawn onSee also
*Noun
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Synonyms
* (rising of the sun) break of dawn, dayspring, sunrise * (time when the sun rises) break of dawn, break of day, crack of dawn, daybreak, dayspring, sunrise, sunup * (beginning) beginning, onset, startAntonyms
* duskHypernyms
* twilightDerived terms
* crack of dawn * dawn chorus * it is always darkest before the dawnSee also
* crepuscularAnagrams
* wand ----midnight
English
(wikipedia midnight)Noun
(en noun)- "She twisted her hands behind her;
- but all the knots held good!
- She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood!
- They stretched and strained in the darkness,
- and the hours crawled by like years,
- Till, now, on the stroke of midnight ,
- Cold, on the stroke of midnight ,
- The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!