The difference between Dawn and Sunup
When used as nouns, dawn means the morning twilight period immediately before sunrise, whereas sunup means the time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
Dawn is also verb with the meaning: to begin to brighten with daylight.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dawn and Sunup
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Dawn as a verb (intransitive):
To begin to brighten with daylight.
Examples:
"A new day dawns."
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Dawn as a verb (intransitive):
To start to appear or be realized.
Examples:
"I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him."
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Dawn as a verb (intransitive):
To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
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Dawn as a noun (uncountable):
The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
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Dawn as a noun (countable):
The rising of the sun.
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Dawn as a noun (uncountable):
The time when the sun rises.
Examples:
"She rose before dawn to meet the train."
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Dawn as a noun (uncountable):
The beginning.
Examples:
"the dawn of civilization"
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Sunup as a noun (US):
The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
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Sunup as a noun (US):
The change in color of the sky at sunup.