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daylight vs evening

evening vs daylight

daylight and evening both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
daylight Yes No No No
evening Yes No No No
As nouns, evening is a hyponym of daylight; that is, evening is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than daylight:
  • daylight: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
  • evening: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
Other hyponyms of daylight include afternoon, midafternoon, eve, even, eventide.
daylight (noun) evening (noun)
light during the daytime the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside a later concluding time period
the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
Difference between daylight and evening

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