dark vs night

dark and night both are nouns.

dark is an adjective but night is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dark	Yes	Yes	No	No
night	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, night is a hyponym of dark; that is, night is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dark:

dark: absence of light or illumination
night: darkness

Other hyponyms of dark include black, blackness, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness, blackout, brownout, dimout, semidarkness, starlessness.

As nouns, dark and night are synonyms defined as:

dark and night: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

Other synonyms of dark include nighttime.

dark (noun)	night (noun)
an unenlightened state	darkness
an unilluminated area	the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
absence of light or illumination	a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
absence of moral or spiritual values	the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside	the time between sunset and midnight
	the period spent sleeping
	a shortening of nightfall

dark (adjective)	night (adjective)
devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
(used of color) having a dark hue
brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
secret
causing dejection
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
showing a brooding ill humor
not giving performances; closed
marked by difficulty of style or expression
lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

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