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Rundown vs Sundown - What's the difference?

rundown | sundown |

As nouns the difference between rundown and sundown

is that rundown is a rough outline generally used in the definite, as the rundown while sundown is (us) sunset.

As an adjective rundown

is .

rundown

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rough outline. Generally used in the definite, as the rundown .
    • Could you give me the rundown on the new rules?
  • (baseball) A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.
    • Smith is caught in a rundown , but Jones will come around to score.
  • A Caribbean stew of fish (typically mackerel) with reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings.

    • Adjective

    (-)

    • Synonyms

    * bedraggled * broken-down * dilapidated * ramshackle * ruinous * tatterdemalion * tumbledown

    sundown

    English

    Noun

    (s)
  • (US) sunset
    • We'll meet by the pier at sundown ; don't forget to bring your kazoo.

    See also

    * dusk