Sunset vs Subset - What's the difference?
sunset | subset |
The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
The changes in color of the sky at sunset.
(figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
* Campbell
(attributively) Having a set termination date.
The region where the sun sets; the west.
(business, politics, transitive) To phase out.
(set theory) With respect to another set, a set such that each of its elements is also an element of the other set.
A group of things or people, all of which are in a specified larger group.
As nouns the difference between sunset and subset
is that sunset is the time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon while subset is (set theory) with respect to another set, a set such that each of its elements is also an element of the other set.As a verb sunset
is (business|politics|transitive) to phase out.sunset
English
(wikipedia sunset)Noun
(en noun)- 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore.
- one's sunset years
- The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.
Synonyms
* (time) dusk, sundown (US), nightfall, twilight * (change in color of the sky at sunset) * (final period of life) end, final act, swansong * last, terminal, twilightAntonyms
* sunriseDerived terms
* sunset shell * sunset yearsSee also
* moonsetVerb
- We'll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.
References
Anagrams
*subset
English
Noun
(en noun)- The set of integers is a subset of the set of reals.
- The set {a, b} is a both a subset and a proper subset of {a, b, c} while the set {a, b, c} is a subset of {a, b, c} but not a proper subset of {a, b, c}.
- We asked a subset of the population of the town for their opinion.