light at the end of the tunnel vs rift

light at the end of the tunnel

• A vision of a bright light, surrounded by darkness, seen by a dying person 

• A better situation after long hardship. 

rift

• A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through. 

• A chasm or fissure. 

• A shallow place in a stream; a ford. 

• To form a rift; to split open. 

• To belch. 

• To cleave; to rive; to split.