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Midnight vs Witching - What's the difference?

midnight | witching |

As nouns the difference between midnight and witching

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 witching is an act of witchcraft.

As a verb witching is

present participle of lang= en.

midnight

English

(wikipedia midnight)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The middle of the night; 12:00 am; on a 12-hour clock, 12:00 at night; on a 24-hour clock, 00:00.
  • * :
    • "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!
  • The middle of the night: the moment of time, which is equidistant between sunset and sunrise.

    • Antonyms

    * noon, midday

    Derived terms

    * burn the midnight oil * midnight regulation * postmidnight

    See also

    *

    witching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of witchcraft.
  • * 2002 , Christine Gentry, When Spirits Walk (page 28)
    • There was a lot of information to draw upon because his occupation exposed him to more witchings every month than most individuals experienced in a life time.