Black
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless. without light. Relating to persons of African descent or (especially in the US) their culture. Bad; evil. Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced. Overcrowded. Lacking cream, milk and creamer. The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the black set, no matter what the actual colour.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The colour/color perceived in the absence of light. A black dye, pigment. A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment. A person of African descent. the black: The black ball. The edge of home plate a type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make black, to blacken. To apply blacking to something. To boycott something or someone, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
Example sentence: There's so much grey to every story - nothing is so black and white.
Dark
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.Ignorance.Nightfall.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.Hidden, secretWithout moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleakLacking progress in science or the arts; said of a time periodWith emphasis placed on the unpleasant aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form or a portion of either
Example sentence: There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.