The difference between Crepuscular and Twilight
When used as adjectives, crepuscular means of or resembling twilight, whereas twilight means pertaining to or resembling twilight.
Twilight is also noun with the meaning: the soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
Twilight is also verb with the meaning: to illuminate faintly.
check bellow for the other definitions of Crepuscular and Twilight
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Crepuscular as an adjective:
Of or resembling twilight; dim.
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Crepuscular as an adjective (zoology):
Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.
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Twilight as a noun:
The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
Examples:
"I could just make out her face in the twilight."
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Twilight as a noun:
The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
Examples:
"It was twilight by the time I got back home."
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Twilight as a noun (astronomy):
The time when the sun is less than 18 below the horizon.
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Twilight as a noun:
Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.
Examples:
"The twilight of one's life"
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Twilight as an adjective:
Pertaining to or resembling twilight; faintly illuminated; obscure.
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Twilight as a verb (transitive, poetic):
To illuminate faintly.