Idioms for night
- unceasingly; continually: She worked night and day until the job was done.
- a complete difference; completely different: The improvement in her grades after tutoring was like night and day.
night and day,
Origin of night
before 900; Middle English; Old English
niht, neaht, cognate with German
Nacht, Gothic
nahts, Latin
nox (stem
noct-), Greek
nýx (stem
nykt-)
OTHER WORDS FROM night
night·less, adjective night·less·ly, adverb night·like, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH night
knight nightWords nearby night
British Dictionary definitions for day and night
night
/ (naɪt) /
noun
Other words from night
Related adjective: nocturnalDerived forms of night
nightless, adjective nightlike, adjectiveWord Origin for night
Old English
niht; compare Dutch
nacht, Latin
nox, Greek
nux
Idioms and Phrases with day and night (1 of 2)
day and night
see under night and day.
Idioms and Phrases with day and night (2 of 2)
night