Night vs. Shadow — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Night and Shadow
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Night
Night (also described as night time or night-time or nighttime, unconventionally spelled as nite) is the period of ambient darkness from sunset to sunrise during each 24-hour day, when the Sun is below the horizon. The exact time when night begins and ends depends on the location and varies throughout the year, based on factors such as season and latitude.
Shadow
A shadow is a dark (real image) area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it.
Night
The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.
Shadow
A dark area or shape made by an object blocking rays of light.
Night
This period considered as a unit of time
For two nights running.
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Shadow
The darkness or diminished light caused by the blocking of a light source
The back yard is in shadow all day long.
Night
This period considered from its conditions
A rainy night.
Shadow
A darker area in a picture or photograph.
Night
The period between dusk and midnight of a given day
Either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
Shadow
Shadows The darkness following sunset.
Night
The period between evening and bedtime.
Shadow
Often shadows A darkened area of skin under the eye.
Night
This period considered from its activities
A night at the opera.
Shadow
An incipient growth of beard that makes the skin look darker.
Night
This period set aside for a specific purpose
Parents' Night at school.
Shadow
A feeling or cause of gloom or unhappiness
The argument cast a shadow on their friendship.
Night
The period between bedtime and morning
Spent the night at a motel.
Shadow
A nearby or adjoining region; vicinity
Grew up in the shadow of the ballpark.
Night
One's sleep during this period
Had a restless night.
Shadow
A dominating presence or influence
Spent years working in the shadow of the lab director.
Night
Nightfall
Worked from morning to night.
Shadow
An imitation or inferior version
"The defenders of the Japanese home islands were already a shadow of the fighting forces American soldiers had encountered elsewhere" (James Carroll).
Night
Darkness
Vanished into the night.
Shadow
A phantom; a ghost.
Night
A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair
"In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning" (F. Scott Fitzgerald).
Shadow
An unsubstantial object of pursuit
Spent the last part of his career chasing shadows.
Night
A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values
"He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed" (Anthony Lewis).
Shadow
One, such as a detective or spy, that follows or trails another.
Night
Of or relating to the night
The night air.
Shadow
A constant companion.
Night
Intended for use at night
A night light.
Shadow
(Sports) A player who guards an opponent closely.
Night
Working during the night
The night nurse.
Shadow
A faint indication; a foreshadowing
A shadow of things to come.
Night
Active chiefly at night
Night prowlers.
Shadow
An insignificant portion or amount; a trace
Beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Night
Occurring after dark
Night baseball.
Shadow
Shelter; protection
Under the shadow of their corporate sponsor.
Night
(countable) The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
How do you sleep at night when you attack your kids like that!?
Shadow
To cast a shadow on; darken or shade
The leaves of the trees shadowed the ferns below.
Night
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.
Shadow
To make gloomy or troubled, especially over time
He was shadowed by self-doubt.
Night
A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
Shadow
To represent vaguely, mysteriously, or prophetically; foreshadow.
Night
(countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
A night on the town
Shadow
To darken in a painting or drawing; shade in.
Night
(countable) A night (and part of the days before and after it) spent in a place away from home, e.g. a hotel.
I stayed my friend's house for three nights.
Shadow
To follow, especially in secret; trail.
Night
(uncountable) Nightfall.
From noon till night
Shadow
(Sports) To guard (an opponent) closely throughout the playing area.
Night
(uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
The cat disappeared into the night.
Shadow
To become downcast or gloomy
Her face shadowed with sorrow.
Night
(uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
Shadow
Not having official status
A shadow government of exiled leaders.
A shadow cabinet.
Night
A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
Shadow
A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
My shadow lengthened as the sun began to set.
The X-ray showed a shadow on his lung.
Night
Ellipsis of good night
Night, y'all! Thanks for a great evening!
Shadow
Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.
I immediately jumped into shadow as I saw them approach.
Night
To spend a night (in a place), to overnight.
Shadow
An area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.
Night
That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
Shadow
(obsolete) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
Night
Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.
Shadow
(figurative) That which looms as though a shadow.
I don't have a shadow of doubt in my mind that my plan will succeed.
The shadow of fear of my being outed always affects how I live my life.
I lived in her shadow my whole life.
Night
Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
She closed her eyes in everlasting night.
Do not go gentle into that good nightRage, rage against the dying of the light.
Shadow
A small degree; a shade.
He did not give even a shadow of respect to the professor.
Night
A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.
So help me God, as I have watched the night,Ay, night by night, in studying good for England.
Shadow
An imperfect and faint representation.
He came back from war the shadow of a man.
The neopagan ritual was only a pale shadow of the ones the Greeks held thousands of years ago.
Night
The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
Shadow
A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
Night
The time between sunset and midnight;
He watched television every night
Shadow
One who secretly or furtively follows another.
The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.
Night
The period spent sleeping;
I had a restless night
Shadow
An inseparable companion.
Night
The dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit;
Three nights later he collapsed
Shadow
(typography) A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
Night
Darkness;
It vanished into the night
Shadow
An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
Night
A shortening of nightfall;
They worked from morning to night
Shadow
A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
Night
A period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
Shadow
An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.
Night
Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
Shadow
An unconscious aspect of the personality.
Shadow
(transitive) To shade, cloud, or darken.
The artist chose to shadow this corner of the painting.
Shadow
(transitive) To block light or radio transmission from.
Looks like that cloud's going to shadow us.
Shadow
To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
Shadow
(transitive) To represent faintly and imperfectly.
Shadow
(transitive) To hide; to conceal.
Shadow
(transitive) To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
Shadow
To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
Shadow
To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
Shadow
Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
The human resources department has a shadow information technology group without headquarters knowledge.
Shadow
Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
The director has been giving shadow leadership to the other group's project to ensure its success.
The illuminati shadow group has been pulling strings from behind the scenes.
Shadow
(politics) Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.
The shadow cabinet cannot agree on the terms of the agreement due immediately after they are sworn in.
The insurgents’ shadow government is being crippled by the federal military strikes.
Shadow
Part of, or related to, the opposition in government.
Shadow
Darkness; shade; obscurity.
Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise.
Shadow
A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
In secret shadow from the sunny ray,On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid.
Shadow
A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
Shadow
That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
Sin and her shadow Death.
Shadow
A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
Shadow
An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
The law having a shadow of good things to come.
[Types] and shadows of that destined seed.
Shadow
A small degree; a shade.
Shadow
An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.
I must not have my board pastered with shadowsThat under other men's protection break inWithout invitement.
Shadow
To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
The warlike elf much wondered at this tree,So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground.
Shadow
To conceal; to hide; to screen.
Let every soldier hew him down a bough.And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadowThe numbers of our host.
Shadow
To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
Shadowing their right under your wings of war.
Shadow
To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
Shadow
To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
Augustus is shadowed in the person of æneas.
Shadow
To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
The shadowed livery of the burnished sun.
Why sad?I must not see the face O love thus shadowed.
Shadow
To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.
Shadow
Shade within clear boundaries
Shadow
An unilluminated area;
He moved off into the darkness
Shadow
Something existing in perception only;
A ghostly apparition at midnight
Shadow
A premonition of something adverse;
A shadow over his happiness
Shadow
An indication that something has been present;
There wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
A tincture of condescension
Shadow
Refuge from danger or observation;
He felt secure in his father's shadow
Shadow
A dominating and pervasive presence;
He received little recognition working in the shadow of his father
Shadow
A spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
Shadow
An inseparable companion;
The poor child was his mother's shadow
Shadow
Follow, usually without the person's knowledge;
The police are shadowing her
Shadow
Cast a shadow over
Shadow
Make appear small by comparison;
This year's debt dwarves that of last year
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