different between sunset vs upsun

English

Etymology

From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun +? set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n?s?t/

Noun

sunset (countable and uncountable, plural sunsets)

1. The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

2. The changes in color of the sky at sunset.
3. (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.

4. (attributively) Having a set termination date.

   The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.

5. The region where the sun sets; the west.

Synonyms

• (time): dusk, sundown (US), nightfall, twilight; see also Thesaurus:dusk
• (change in color of the sky at sunset):
• (final period of life): end, final act, swansong
• (attributively: of or relating to the final period of life): last, terminal, twilight

Antonyms

• sunrise

Derived terms

• sunset clause
• sunset crop
• sunset industry
• sunset law
• sunset provision
• sunset shell
• sunsetty
• sunset years

Translations

Verb

sunset (third-person singular simple present sunsets, present participle sunsetting, simple past and past participle sunsetted)

1. (business, politics, transitive) To phase out.

   We’ll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.

Translations

See also

• moonset

References

Anagrams

• unsets

English

Etymology

up +? sun

Noun

upsun (uncountable)

1. (law, Scotland) The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.

Synonyms

• day, daylight; see also Thesaurus:daytime

Anagrams

• sun up, sun-up, sunup