Sundown vs Twilight - What's the difference?
sundown | twilight | Synonyms |
(US) sunset
The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
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The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
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*:At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
(lb) The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.
*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:The twilight of probability.
Pertaining to or resembling twilight.
Twilight is a synonym of sundown.
Twilight is a coordinate term of sundown.
As nouns the difference between sundown and twilight
is that sundown is sunset while twilight is the soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.As an adjective twilight is
pertaining to or resembling twilight.sundown
English
Noun
(s)- We'll meet by the pier at sundown ; don't forget to bring your kazoo.
See also
* dusktwilight
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* evenfall, eventide, gloamingCoordinate terms
* evening * golden hour * nightfall * sundownHyponyms
* dawn * duskDerived terms
* astronomical twilight * civil twilight * nautical twilight * twilightish * twilighty * twilight years * twilight zoneAdjective
(-)- O’er the twilight groves and dusky caves. —(Alexander Pope).