different between afternoon vs tonight

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

• to-night (obsolete)
• to-nite (US, informal, archaic)
• tonite (US, informal)
• t'night (US, informal)

Etymology

From Middle English tonyght, to ni?t, from Old English t? niht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??na?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Adverb

tonight (not comparable)

1. During the night following the current day.

2. (obsolete) Last night.

Translations

Noun

tonight (usually uncountable, plural tonights)

1. The nighttime of the current day or date; this night.

Translations

Anagrams

• hotting

Middle English

Adverb

tonight

1. Alternative form of tonyght

Noun

tonight

1. Alternative form of tonyght