Twilight vs Eclipse - What's the difference?
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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.
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*:The twilight of probability.
Pertaining to or resembling twilight.
(astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects in which a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
, decline, downfall
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Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
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(Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.
In astronomy terms the difference between twilight and eclipse
is that twilight is the time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon while eclipse is an alignment of astronomical objects in which a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.As nouns the difference between twilight and eclipse
is that 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 while eclipse is an alignment of astronomical objects in which a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.As an adjective twilight
is pertaining to or resembling twilight.As a verb eclipse is
of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.twilight
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).
See also
* crepusculareclipse
English
(wikipedia eclipse)Noun
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- All the posterity of our first parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.
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- As in the soft and sweet eclipse , / When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
- Nor were the wool prospects much better. The industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse .
Derived terms
* lunar eclipse * solar eclipse * total eclipseSee also
* occultation * syzygyVerb
- The Moon eclipsed the Sun.
- The student’s skills soon eclipsed those of his teacher.
- My joy of liberty is half eclipsed .