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
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Gloom as a noun:
Darkness, dimness or obscurity.
Examples:
"the gloom of a forest, or of midnight"
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Gloom as a noun:
A melancholic, depressing or despondent atmosphere.
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Gloom as a noun:
Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
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Gloom as a noun:
A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
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Gloom as a verb (intransitive):
To be dark or gloomy.
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Gloom as a verb (intransitive):
to look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
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Gloom as a verb (transitive):
To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
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Gloom as a verb (transitive):
To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
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Gloom as a verb:
To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
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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!?"
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Night as a noun (countable):
An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
Examples:
"a night on the town"
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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."
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Night as a noun (uncountable):
Nightfall.
Examples:
"from noon till night'"
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Night as a noun (uncountable):
Darkness.
Examples:
"The cat disappeared into the night."
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Night as a noun (uncountable):
A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
Examples:
"color pane002266"
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Night as a noun (sports, colloquial):
A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
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Night as a verb:
To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.