night vs sundown

night

noun
  • Nightfall. 

  • A dark blue colour, midnight blue. 

  • The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark. 

  • The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight. 

  • A night's worth of competitions, generally one game. 

  • An evening or night spent at a particular activity. 

  • A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel. 

  • Darkness (due to it being nighttime). 

  • A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise. 

verb
  • To spend a night (in a place), to overnight. 

sundown

noun
  • Sunset. 

  • A hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes from sunlight. 

verb
  • to experience an episode or an onset of some detrimental mental condition like agitation, anxiety, hallucination or dementia, daily at nightfall. 

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