Overnight vs Tonight - What's the difference?
overnight | tonight |
Throughout the night.
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During a single night.
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In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.
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Occurring between dusk and dawn.
Complete before the next morning.
To stay overnight; to spend the night.
* 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 128:
(US) To send something for delivery the next day.
Items delivered or completed overnight.
An overnight stay, especially in a hotel or other lodging facility.
(obsolete) The fore part of the previous night; yesterday evening.
During the night following the current day.
(obsolete) Last night.
* 1596 , , IV. ii. 165:
* 1599 , , III. iii. 1:
The nighttime of the current day or date; this night.
In obsolete terms the difference between overnight and tonight
is that overnight is the fore part of the previous night; yesterday evening while tonight is last night.As adverbs the difference between overnight and tonight
is that overnight is throughout the night while tonight is during the night following the current day.As nouns the difference between overnight and tonight
is that overnight is items delivered or completed overnight while tonight is the nighttime of the current day or date; this night.As an adjective overnight
is occurring between dusk and dawn.As a verb overnight
is to stay overnight; to spend the night. {{defdate |from 19th c.}.overnight
English
Adverb
(-)Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York
Adjective
(-)- ''The overnight ferry docked at 10AM.
- Don't expect results overnight .
Verb
(en verb)- 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.
- We can overnight you the documents for signature.
Noun
(en noun)- Have you looked at the overnights yet?
- (Shakespeare)
tonight
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * tonite (qualifier)Adverb
(-)- I want to party tonight !
- I had a wonderful time with you tonight .
- Besides, I met Lord Bigot and Lord Salisbury, / With eyes as red as new-enkindled fire, / And others more, going to seek the grave / Of Arthur, whom they say is killed to-night / On your suggestion.
- I dreamt tonight that I did feast with Caesar, / And things unluckily charge my fantasy;
Noun
(en noun)- Tonight is the night.
- I have high hopes for tonight .