The difference between Night and Twilight

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 twilight means the soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

When used as verbs, night means to spend a night (in a place), to overnight, whereas twilight means to illuminate faintly.

Twilight is also adjective with the meaning: pertaining to or resembling twilight.

check bellow for the other definitions of Night and Twilight

  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. Twilight as a noun:

    The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

    Examples:

    "I could just make out her face in the twilight."

  2. Twilight as a noun:

    The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.

    Examples:

    "It was twilight by the time I got back home."

  3. Twilight as a noun (astronomy):

    The time when the sun is less than 18 below the horizon.

  4. Twilight as a noun:

    Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.

    Examples:

    "The twilight of one's life"

  1. Twilight as an adjective:

    Pertaining to or resembling twilight; faintly illuminated; obscure.

  1. Twilight as a verb (transitive, poetic):

    To illuminate faintly.

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