Sunset vs Sumset - What's the difference?
sunset | sumset |
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.
(mathematics) The set of all sums of an element from A'' with an element from ''B'', where ''A'' and ''B are subsets of an abelian group.
As nouns the difference between sunset and sumset
is that sunset is the time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon while sumset is the set of all sums of an element from A with an element from B, where A and B are subsets of an abelian group.As a verb sunset
is 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.