The difference between Evening and Night

When used as nouns, evening means the time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark, whereas night means the period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.


Night is also verb with the meaning: to spend a night (in a place), to overnight.

check bellow for the other definitions of Evening and Night

  1. Evening as a noun:

    The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.

  2. Evening as a noun:

    The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.

  3. Evening as a noun (figuratively):

    A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.

    Examples:

    "It was the evening of the Roman Empire."

  4. Evening as a noun:

    A party or gathering held in the evening.

  1. Evening as a verb:

  1. Evening as a verb:

  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.