Dusk vs. Nightfall — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dusk and Nightfall
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Dusk
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.
Nightfall
The approach of darkness; dusk.
Dusk
The darker stage of twilight, especially in the evening.
Nightfall
The close of the day; the coming of night.
Dusk
Tending to darkness; dusky.
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Nightfall
The close of the day; the arrival of the night; the period at and just after dusk.
Dusk
To become or make dark or dusky.
Nightfall
The time of day immediately following sunset;
He loved the twilight
They finished before the fall of night
Dusk
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.
Dusk
A darkish colour.
Dusk
The condition of being dusky; duskiness
Dusk
(intransitive) To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk.
Dusk
(transitive) To make dusk.
Dusk
Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
Dusk
Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades.
Dusk
Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.
Dusk
A darkish color.
Whose duck set off the whiteness of the skin.
Dusk
To make dusk.
After the sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the light of the moon must needs be under the earth.
Dusk
To grow dusk.
Dusk
The time of day immediately following sunset;
He loved the twilight
They finished before the fall of night
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