Day vs Nigh - What's the difference?
day | nigh |
Any period of 24 hours.
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A period from midnight to the following midnight.
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(lb) Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).
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The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
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, title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5535161W Mr. Pratt's Patients]
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Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams,
A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
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*:If they had no more food than they had had in Jones's day , at least they did not have less.
A period of contention of a day or less.
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(rare) To spend a day (in a place).
* 2008 , Richard F. Burton, Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes , page 233:
(archaic, poetic) near, close by
* , 2006, Echo Library,
* 1831 , , The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland ,
* 1834 , , A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett ,
* 1889 , , Debates: Official Report , Volume 2,
Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
* Knolles
* Bible, Eph. ii. 13
To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.
Almost, nearly.
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, title= near; close to
As adjectives the difference between day and nigh
is that day is thick, deep, dense while nigh is (archaic|poetic) near, close by.As a verb nigh is
to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.As an adverb nigh is
almost, nearly.As a preposition nigh is
near; close to.day
English
Alternative forms
* daie (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* a broken clock is right twice a day * all-day * as the day is long * calendar day * Canada Day * daily * day after day * day-after-day * daybreak * daydream * daycare, day care * * day job * day laborer * day letter * daylight * daylily * day-neutral * day nursery * day off * day of reckoning * day one * day return * day school * daystar * daytime * day to day * day-to-day * day trader * day trip * day boarder * day bed * degree-day * dollar day * every dog has its day * field day * flag day, Flag Day * Friday * have its day * have seen one's day * holiday * holy day * judgment day * latter-day * Monday * payday * present-day * rainy day * Saturday * save the day * sick day * Sunday * Thursday * tomorrow is another day * Tuesday * Victoria day * WednesdayVerb
(en verb)- When I nighted and dayed in Damascus town,
See also
*Statistics
*nigh
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The end is nigh !
page 185,
- He at his head took aim who stood most nigh ;
page 421,
- By these and many histories more, it is most evident, that the more nigh salvation and deliverance approach, the more vehement is temptation and trouble.
page 197,
- The enemy, somewhat imboldened, draws nigher to the fort.
page 1408,
- You then went to St. Andrews, the nighest ocean port.
- nigh kinsmen
- Ye are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Usage notes
* is used today mostly in archaic, poetic, or regional contexts.Synonyms
* (near) close, close by, close to, nearVerb
(en verb)- night is nighing'', ''death is nighing
- nighing his hour
- a death-nighing moan
Quotations
* (English Citations of "nigh")Adverb
(-)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor.
Usage notes
* Nigh is sometimes used as a combining form.Quotations
* (English Citations of "nigh")Derived terms
* well-nigh * nigh on * nigh-wellPreposition
(English prepositions)- When the Moon is horned ... is it not ever nigh the Sun?