different between sundown vs sunrise

English

Etymology

sun +? down

Pronunciation

Noun

sundown (countable and uncountable, plural sundowns)

1. (US) Sunset.

2. (countable) A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes from sunlight.

Synonyms

• dusk, mirkning, nightfall; see also Thesaurus:dusk

Translations

Verb

sundown (third-person singular simple present sundowns, present participle sundowning, simple past and past participle sundowned)

1. (intransitive) to experience an episode or an onset of some detrimental mental condition like agitation, anxiety, hallucination or dementia, daily at nightfall.
   • 2009, Kay Cameron, Tim Rhodus, Life With God 101

     "She also “sundowned”, and someone had to keep an eye on her 24-7."

Derived terms

• sundowner
• sundowning
• sundown town

English

Etymology

From Middle English sonne-rys, sunne ryse, equivalent to sun +? rise. Compare Middle English son risyng, sunne rijsyng, sonne-rysing (“sunrise”, literally “sun rising”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?n?a?z/

Noun

sunrise (countable and uncountable, plural sunrises)

1. The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

   Synonyms: sunup, crack of dawn, dawn, (slang) sparrow-fart; see also Thesaurus:dawn

   Antonyms: sunset; see also Thesaurus:dusk

   Coordinate term: moonrise

2. The change in color of the sky at dawn.

3. (figuratively) Any great awakening.

Derived terms

• sunrise industry
• sunrise period
• sunrise problem
• sunrise service
• tequila sunrise

Translations

See also

• sunset
• moonset
• moonrise

Further reading

• sunrise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Sunseri, insures, nursies, ursines