The difference between Night and Sunset

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 sunset means the time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

When used as verbs, night means to spend a night (in a place), to overnight, whereas sunset means to phase out.

check bellow for the other definitions of Night and Sunset

  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. Sunset as a noun:

    The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.

  2. Sunset as a noun:

    The changes in color of the sky at sunset.

  3. Sunset as a noun (figuratively):

    The final period of the life of a person or thing.

    Examples:

    "one's sunset years"

  4. Sunset as a noun (attributively):

    Having a set termination date.

    Examples:

    "The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring."

  5. Sunset as a noun:

    The region where the sun sets; the west.

  1. Sunset as a verb (business, politics, transitive):

    To phase out.

    Examples:

    "We'll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter."

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