The difference between Night and Obscurity

When used as nouns, night means the period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark, whereas obscurity means darkness.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Night and Obscurity

  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.

  1. Obscurity as a noun (literary):

    Darkness; the absence of light.

  2. Obscurity as a noun:

    The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.

  3. Obscurity as a noun:

    The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.

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