Dusk vs. Evening — What's the Difference?

Dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, or at the very end of astronomical twilight after sunset and just before night. At predusk, during early to intermediate stages of twilight, enough light in the sky under clear conditions may occur to read outdoors without artificial illumination; however, at the end of civil twilight (when Earth rotates to a point at which the center of the Sun's disk is 6° below the local horizon), such lighting is required to read outside.

Evening is the period of a day from the end of the afternoon to the beginning of night. The exact times when evening begins and ends depend on location, time of year, and culture, but it is generally regarded as beginning when the Sun is low in the sky and lasting until the end of twilight.

The darker stage of twilight, especially in the evening.

The period of decreasing daylight between afternoon and night.

Tending to darkness; dusky.

The period between sunset or the evening meal and bedtime

To become or make dark or dusky.

A later period or time

A period of time at the end of day when the sun is below the horizon but before the full onset of night, especially the darker part of twilight.

Chiefly Southern US The time from noon to twilight.

A darkish colour.

The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.

The condition of being dusky; duskiness

The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.

(intransitive) To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk.

(figuratively) A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.

(transitive) To make dusk.

A party or gathering held in the evening.

Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

Present participle of even

Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

Present participle of evene

Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.

The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sun.

A darkish color.

The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory.

To make dusk.

The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall);

To grow dusk.

A later concluding time period;

The time of day immediately following sunset;

The early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way;