The difference between Day and Night

When used as nouns, day means any period of 24 hours, whereas night means the period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.

When used as verbs, day means to spend a day (in a place), whereas night means to spend a night (in a place), to overnight.

check bellow for the other definitions of Day and Night

  1. Day as a noun:

    Any period of 24 hours.

    Examples:

    "I've been here for two days and a bit."

  2. Day as a noun:

    A period from midnight to the following midnight.

    Examples:

    "The day begins at midnight."

  3. Day as a noun (astronomy):

    Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).

    Examples:

    "A day on Mars is slightly over 24 hours."

  4. Day as a noun:

    The part of a day period which one spends at one's job, school, etc.

    Examples:

    "I worked two days last week."

  5. Day as a noun:

    Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.

    Examples:

    "'day and night;  I work at night and sleep during the day."

    "ant night"

  6. Day as a noun:

    A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.

    Examples:

    "Every dog has its day."

  7. Day as a noun:

    A period of contention of a day or less.

    Examples:

    "The day belonged to the Allies."

  8. Day as a noun (meteorology):

    A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.

    Examples:

    "Your 8am forecast: The high for the day will be 30 and the low, before dawn, will be 10."

  1. Day as a verb (rare, intransitive):

    To spend a day (in a place).

  1. Night as a noun (countable):

    The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.

    Examples:

    "How do you sleep at night when you attack your kids like that!?"

  2. Night as a noun (countable):

    An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

    Examples:

    "a night on the town"

  3. Night as a noun (countable):

    A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a hotel or other accommodation.

    Examples:

    "We stayed at the Hilton for five nights."

  4. Night as a noun (uncountable):

    Nightfall.

    Examples:

    "from noon till night'"

  5. Night as a noun (uncountable):

    Darkness.

    Examples:

    "The cat disappeared into the night."

  6. Night as a noun (uncountable):

    A dark blue colour, midnight blue.

    Examples:

    "color pane002266"

  7. Night as a noun (sports, colloquial):

    A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.

  1. Night as a verb:

    To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.

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