Dawn and Sunrise

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Dawn

Dawn noun - The first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance.

Usage example: we stayed up talking until dawn

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Sunrise is a synonym for dawn in daybreak topic. In some cases you can use "Sunrise" instead a noun "Dawn", when it comes to topics like start, beginning of day. popular alternative

Nearby Words: dawning, dawned, dawna, dawne

Sunrise

Sunrise noun - The first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance.

Usage example: a job that requires him to get up before sunrise

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Dawn is a synonym for sunrise in daybreak topic. You can use "Dawn" instead a noun "Sunrise", if it concerns topics such as start, rise of sun above horizon. popular alternative

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glorious	glorious dawn	glorious sunrise
special	special dawn	special sunrise
certain	certain dawn	certain sunrise
single	single dawn	single sunrise
Other adjectives: next, eponymous.

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Dawn/sunrise are also frequently used to end stories.

Source: 24-Hour Trope Clock
In Indo-European mythologies, the dawn goddess is generally a figure of ambivalence, as dawn shortens our days, placing us closer to death with each sunrise.

Source: Light Is Not Good / Religion
Symphony Of Science: A still more glorious dawn awaits, not a sunrise, but a galaxy-rise... Now that's some science right there.

Source: Ear Worm / Web

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