Difference between Twilight and Gloaming

What is the difference between Twilight and Gloaming?

Twilight as a noun is the soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth. while Gloaming as a noun is twilight, as at early morning or (especially) early evening; dusk

Twilight

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth. The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness. Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining to or resembling twilight

Example sentence: If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more, we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song.

Gloaming

Part of speech: noun

Definition: twilight, as at early morning or (especially) early evening; dusk

We hope you now know whether to use Twilight or Gloaming in your sentence.

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