different between afternoon vs night

English

Alternative forms

• afternoone (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English afternone, after-non, equivalent to after- +? noon.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???f.t?.?nu?n/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /af.t???n??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æf.t?.?nun/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Noun

afternoon (plural afternoons)

1. The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
   • 1966, The Kinks, "Sunny Afternoon":

     And I love to live so pleasantly/Live this life of luxury/Lazing on a sunny afternoon/In the summertime

2. (figuratively) The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
3. (informal) A party or social event held in the afternoon.

Synonyms

• arvo (Australian); aft (dated slang); undern (UK dialect); see also Thesaurus:afternoon

Derived terms

• aft
• afternoonish
• afternoon tea
• arvo
• good afternoon

Related terms

• forenoon

Translations

See also

• (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight ^{(Category: en:Times of day)}

Adverb

afternoon (not comparable)

1. (more often in the plural) In the afternoon.

Interjection

afternoon

1. Ellipsis of good afternoon.

References

• afternoon at OneLook Dictionary Search
• "afternoon, n., adv., and int.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

English

Alternative forms

• nite (informal)

Etymology

From Middle English nighte, night, nyght, ni?t, naht, from Old English niht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht (“night”), from Proto-Germanic *nahts (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts (“night”). Cognate with Scots nicht, neicht (“night”), West Frisian nacht (“night”), Dutch nacht (“night”), Low German Nacht (“night”), German Nacht (“night”), Danish nat (“night”), Swedish and Norwegian natt (“night”), Faroese nátt (“night”), Icelandic nótt (“night”), Latin nox (“night”), Greek ????? (nýchta, “night”), Russian ???? (no??, “night”), Sanskrit ????? (nákti, “night”).

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) enPR: n?t, IPA^(key): /na?t/
• (UK, Scottish) IPA^(key): /n??t/
• Rhymes: -a?t
• Homophone: knight

Noun

night (countable and uncountable, plural nights)

1. (countable) The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.

   • The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
2. (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
3. (law, countable) Often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
4. (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
5. (countable) A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel.

6. (uncountable) Nightfall.

7. (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).

8. (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.

9. (sports, colloquial) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:night.

Synonyms

• (evening or night spent at a particular activity): evening; see also Thesaurus:nighttime or Thesaurus:evening
• (quality of sleep): sleep
• (nightfall): dark, dusk, nightfall, sundown, sunset; see also Thesaurus:dusk
• (darkness): blackness, darkness, gloom, obscurity, shadow

Antonyms

• (period between sunset and sunrise): day; see also Thesaurus:daytime
• (darkness): brightness, daylight, light

Hypernyms

• 24-hour day

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Pijin: naet
• ? Korean: ??? (naiteu)

Translations

See also

• (times of day) time of day; dawn, morning, noon/midday, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, midnight ^{(Category: en:Times of day)}

Interjection

night

1. Ellipsis of good night

Translations

Verb

night (third-person singular simple present nights, present participle nighting, simple past and past participle nighted)

1. To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.
   • 2008, Richard F. Burton, Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes, p.284:

     "So I took seat and ate somewhat of my vivers, my horse also feeding upon his fodder, and we nighted in that spot and next morning I set out […]."

References

• night at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Thing, thing

Italian

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, borrowed from English night with the meaning of nightclub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?najt/
• Hyphenation: night

Noun

night m (invariable)

1. nightclub
   • 2014, Gianfranco Tomei, Sole nero, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, page 42.

Middle English

Noun

night (plural nights)

1. Alternative form of nighte

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English night.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?najt??/

Noun

night f (plural nights)

1. nightlife (nocturnal entertainment activities, especially parties and shows)