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Twilight vs Simmer - What's the difference?

twilight | simmer |

As nouns the difference between twilight and simmer

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 simmer is the state or process of simmering.

As an adjective twilight

is pertaining to or resembling twilight.

As a verb simmer is

to cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

twilight

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • :
  • The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
  • :
  • *
  • *: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.

    • Synonyms

    * evenfall, eventide, gloaming

    Coordinate terms

    * evening * golden hour * nightfall * sundown

    Hyponyms

    * dawn * dusk

    Derived terms

    * astronomical twilight * civil twilight * nautical twilight * twilightish * twilighty * twilight years * twilight zone

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to or resembling twilight.
    • O’er the twilight groves and dusky caves. —(Alexander Pope).

    See also

    * crepuscular

    simmer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * simber (obsolete)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or process of simmering.
    • The kettle was kept on the simmer .

    Verb

  • To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
    • The soup simmered on the stove.
  • To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
    • Simmer the soup for five minutes, then serve.

    Synonyms

    * coddle

    Derived terms

    * simmer down

    Anagrams

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