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Overnight vs Undefined - What's the difference?

overnight | undefined |

As adjectives the difference between overnight and undefined

is that overnight is occurring between dusk and dawn while undefined is lacking a definition or value.

As an adverb overnight

is throughout the night.

As a verb overnight

is to stay overnight; to spend the night.

As a noun overnight

is items delivered or completed overnight.

overnight

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Throughout the night.
  • :
  • *
  • *:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight , waved with hot tongs;.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 20, author=Nina Bernstein, work=New York Times, title= Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York
    • , passage=Overnight , as the storm bore down on urban flood zones, city officials ramped up emergency spaces to shelter thousands more people, mostly in public schools and colleges.}}
  • During a single night.
  • :
  • In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.
  • :

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring between dusk and dawn.
    • ''The overnight ferry docked at 10AM.
  • Complete before the next morning.
    • Don't expect results overnight .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stay overnight; to spend the night.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 128:
    • His visits to Paris (which he had not allowed his son to visit until he was a teenager) became less frequent too: he never over-nighted there, for example, after 1744.
  • (US) To send something for delivery the next day.
    • We can overnight you the documents for signature.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Items delivered or completed overnight.
    • Have you looked at the overnights yet?
  • An overnight stay, especially in a hotel or other lodging facility.
  • (obsolete) The fore part of the previous night; yesterday evening.
    • (Shakespeare)

    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
    • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined