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Nightfall vs Midnight - What's the difference?

nightfall | midnight |

As nouns the difference between nightfall and midnight

is that nightfall is the close of the day; the coming of night while 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.

nightfall

English

Noun

  • The close of the day; the coming of night.

    • Synonyms

    * dusk * evening * sundown * sunset

    Derived terms

    * night-falling

    Related terms

    * smokefall

    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

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