Night vs Eve - What's the difference?
night | eve |
(lb) The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
:
*
*: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.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=
, volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (lb) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
:
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (lb) A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a hotel or other accommodation.
:
(lb) Nightfall.
:
(lb) Darkness.
:
(lb) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
:
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."
The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
Evening, night.
*Mid-19th cent. , John Clare, :
*:I love to see the shaking twig
*:Dance till the shut of eve
To come before something, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
English palindromes
----
As nouns the difference between night and eve
is that night is the period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark while eve is the day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.As verbs the difference between night and eve
is that night is to spend a night (in a place), to overnight while eve is to come before something, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.As proper nouns the difference between night and eve
is that night is the goddess of the night in Heathenry while Eve is the first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.As an interjection night
is short for good night.As an abbreviation EVE is
abbreviation of lang=en|endogenous viral element.night
English
(wikipedia night)Alternative forms
* nite (informal)Noun
Ian Sample
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.}}