Daylight and Evening

Daylight

Daylight noun - The first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance.
Usage example: daylight was just breaking when we stumbled out of bed

Evening is an antonym for daylight.

Evening

Evening noun - The time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness.
Usage example: in the evening a reddish glow often appears on the mountaintops

Daylight is an antonym for evening.

Nearby Word: evened

How words are described

nice nice daylight nice evening
normal normal daylight normal evening
complete complete daylight complete evening
open open daylight open evening
Other adjectives: cold, sunny, magical.

Both words in one sentence

  • Orange/Blue Contrast Some hospitals employ this in their rooms, orange for evening and blue for daylight.
  • Literature / Nightmares and Dreamscapes Daylight Horror: The climax of Crouch End takes place during late evening, but the majority is set just before twilight, with the late afternoon sun illuminating the disturbing horrors of the city.
  • Video Game / Dragon Quest However, the player can circumvent this with most inns: going to an inn in the middle of the night has you wake up at dawn, and going to an inn during daylight gives you the option of sleeping until the next morning or only until evening.
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