The difference between Gloom and Night

When used as nouns, gloom means darkness, dimness or obscurity, 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, gloom means to be dark or gloomy, whereas night means to spend a night (in a place), to overnight.


check bellow for the other definitions of Gloom and Night

  1. Gloom as a noun:

    Darkness, dimness or obscurity.

    Examples:

    "the gloom of a forest, or of midnight"

  2. Gloom as a noun:

    A melancholic, depressing or despondent atmosphere.

  3. Gloom as a noun:

    Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

  4. Gloom as a noun:

    A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.

  1. Gloom as a verb (intransitive):

    To be dark or gloomy.

  2. Gloom as a verb (intransitive):

    to look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.

  3. Gloom as a verb (transitive):

    To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.

  4. Gloom as a verb (transitive):

    To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.

  5. Gloom as a verb:

    To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

  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.