Overnight and Short

Overnight

Overnight adjective - Lasting, open, or operating through the whole night.

Short is an antonym for overnight.

Short

Short adjective - Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration.
Usage example: a short flight

Overnight is an antonym for short.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Cataclysm Broken limbs heal overnight, anything less with a short nap... at the cost of having to eat every few hours.
  • Unfortunately he's still a Lieutenant at the start of Dark Knight, making this one hell of an overnight promotion to running the entire Gotham PD (mind you, candidates might be in short supply after the last one was murdered in his own office).
    Source: Rank Up
  • Death World Tidal pools, where stranded creatures eke out a living in an environment where the water they need to survive can drain out overnight, temperatures roast them alive, and where oxygen is in short supply.
    Source: Death World
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