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Sunset vs Decommission - What's the difference?

sunset | decommission |

As verbs the difference between sunset and decommission

is that sunset is to phase out while decommission is to take out of service or to render unusable.

As a noun sunset

is the time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

sunset

English

(wikipedia sunset)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
  • The changes in color of the sky at sunset.
  • (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
  • * Campbell
    • 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.
    one's sunset years
  • (attributively) Having a set termination date.
    • The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.
  • The region where the sun sets; the west.

    • Synonyms

    * (time) dusk, sundown (US), nightfall, twilight * (change in color of the sky at sunset) * (final period of life) end, final act, swansong * last, terminal, twilight

    Antonyms

    * sunrise

    Derived terms

    * sunset shell * sunset years

    See also

    * moonset

    Verb

  • (business, politics, transitive) To phase out.
    • We'll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.

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    decommission

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take out of service or to render unusable.
    • They decommissioned the ship after the accident.
    The Army decommissioned the Sherman tank by filling the turret with cement.
  • To remove or revoke a commission.
    • After his arrest, the officer was decommissioned from the police force.
  • To remove or revoke a formal designation.
    • The state highway was decommissioned and reverted to local control.

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