different between midday vs daytime

English

Alternative forms

• mid-day

Etymology

From Middle English midday, from Old English middæ? (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- +? day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?d?de?/

Noun

midday (countable and uncountable, plural middays)

1. noon; twelve o'clock during the day

Synonyms

• nones, noontide; see also Thesaurus:midday

Antonyms

• midnight; see also Thesaurus:midnight

Translations

See also

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

Anagrams

• mydaid

English

Alternative forms

• day-time

Etymology

day +? time

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?ta?m/

Noun

daytime (usually uncountable, plural daytimes)

1. The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.

Synonyms

• day, upsun; see also Thesaurus:daytime

Antonyms

• night, nighttime; see also Thesaurus:nighttime

Derived terms

• daytimes

Translations

Adjective

daytime (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to daytime; appropriate to the day.
2. Happening during the day.

   daytime television

Synonyms

• (pertaining to daytime): day
• (happening during the day): day

Antonyms

• (pertaining to daytime): evening, night, nighttime
• (happening during the day): evening, night, nighttime

Translations

Anagrams

• Maytide