The difference between Night and Shadow
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 shadow means a dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
When used as verbs, night means to spend a night (in a place), to overnight, whereas shadow means to shade, cloud or darken.
Shadow is also adjective with the meaning: unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
check bellow for the other definitions of Night and Shadow
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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.
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Shadow as a noun:
A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
Examples:
"My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set."
"The X-ray showed a shadow on his lung."
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Shadow as a noun:
Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.
Examples:
"I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach."
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Shadow as a noun:
A area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
Examples:
"The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them."
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Shadow as a noun (obsolete):
A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Shadow as a noun:
That which looms as though a shadow.
Examples:
"I don't have a shadow of doubt in my mind that my plan will succeed. The shadow of fear of my being outed always affects how I live my life. I lived in her shadow my whole life."
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Shadow as a noun:
A small degree; a shade.
Examples:
"He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor."
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Shadow as a noun:
An imperfect and faint representation.
Examples:
"He came back from war the shadow of a man."
"the neopagan ritual was only a pale shadow of the ones the Greeks held thousands of years ago"
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Shadow as a noun (UK, police):
A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
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Shadow as a noun:
One who secretly or furtively follows another.
Examples:
"The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals."
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Shadow as a noun (typography):
A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
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Shadow as a noun:
An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
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Shadow as a noun:
A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
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Shadow as a noun (obsolete, [[Latinism]]):
An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.
Examples:
"synonyms umbra"
"rfquotek Nares"
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Shadow as a noun (psychology):
In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.
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Shadow as a verb (transitive):
To shade, cloud or darken.
Examples:
"The artist chose to shadow this corner of the painting."
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Shadow as a verb (transitive):
To block light or radio transmission from.
Examples:
"Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us."
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Shadow as a verb (espionage):
To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
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Shadow as a verb:
To accompany a professional during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
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Shadow as a verb (programming):
To make an identifier, usually a variable, inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
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Shadow as a verb (computing):
To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
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Shadow as an adjective:
Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
Examples:
"The human resources department has a shadow information technology group without headquarters knowledge."
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Shadow as an adjective:
Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
Examples:
"The director has been giving shadow leadership to the other group's project to ensure its success."
"The illuminati shadow group has been pulling strings from behind the scenes."
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Shadow as an adjective (politics):
Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.
Examples:
"The shadow cabinet cannot agree on the terms of the agreement due immediately after they are sworn in."
"The insurgents’ shadow government is being crippled by the federal military strikes."
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Shadow as an adjective (AU, politics):
Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.