The difference between Dark and Negative

When used as nouns, dark means a complete or (more often) partial absence of light, whereas negative means refusal or withholding of assents.

When used as adjectives, dark means extinguished, whereas negative means not positive or neutral.

Negative is also interjection with the meaning: .}}.

Negative is also verb with the meaning: to refuse.

check bellow for the other definitions of Dark and Negative

  1. Dark as an adjective (of a source of [[light]]):

    Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light. Extinguished. Deprived of sight; blind.

    Examples:

    "The room was too dark for reading."

    "'Dark signals should be treated as all-way stop signs."

  2. Dark as an adjective (of colour):

    Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.

    Examples:

    "my sister's hair is darker than mine;  her skin grew dark with a suntan"

  3. Dark as an adjective (betting, of race horses):

    Hidden, secret, obscure. Not clear to the understanding; not easily through; obscure; mysterious; hidden. Having racing capability not widely known.

  4. Dark as an adjective:

    Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.

    Examples:

    "a dark villain;  a dark deed"

  5. Dark as an adjective:

    Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.

    Examples:

    "the Great Depression was a dark time;  the film was a dark psychological thriller"

  6. Dark as an adjective:

    Lacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time period.

  7. Dark as an adjective:

    With emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form or a portion of either.

    Examples:

    "The ending of this book is rather dark."

  1. Dark as a noun:

    A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.

    Examples:

    "'Dark surrounds us completely."

  2. Dark as a noun (uncountable):

    Ignorance.

    Examples:

    "We kept him in the dark."

    "The lawyer was left in the dark as to why the jury was dismissed."

  3. Dark as a noun (uncountable):

    Nightfall.

    Examples:

    "It was after dark before we got to playing baseball."

  4. Dark as a noun:

    A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.

  1. Negative as an adjective:

    Not positive or neutral.

  2. Negative as an adjective (physics):

    Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles

  3. Negative as an adjective (mathematics):

    Of a number: less than zero

  4. Negative as an adjective (linguistics, logic):

    Denying a proposition.

  5. Negative as an adjective:

    Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.

  6. Negative as an adjective:

    Often used pejoratively: pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.

  7. Negative as an adjective:

    Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.

  8. Negative as an adjective (chemistry):

    Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.

    Examples:

    "The nitro group is negative."

  9. Negative as an adjective ([[New Age]] [[jargon]], pejorative):

    Often preceded by , , , or : to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.

  10. Negative as an adjective:

    Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.

  1. Negative as a noun:

    Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto

  2. Negative as a noun (law):

    A right of veto.

  3. Negative as a noun (photography):

    An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.

  4. Negative as a noun (grammar):

    A word that indicates negation.

  5. Negative as a noun (mathematics):

    A negative quantity.

  6. Negative as a noun (weightlifting):

    A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.

  7. Negative as a noun:

    The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

  1. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To refuse; to veto.

  2. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To contradict.

  3. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To disprove.

  4. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To make ineffective; to neutralize.

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