evening vs morning
Definitions
noun
- the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
- a later concluding time period
- the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
Examples
Some lucky local with an open fire had determined the evening warranted a little extra cheer, more than the central heating could provide, and had lit a small blaze on his hearth.
The conference began with a Wednesday evening welcome reception, held at Chicago's Field Museum, where 28 mostly Illinois breweries had set up beer stations among two stuffed elephants, a couple of totem poles and a tyrannosaur skeleton.
My first indication that I'm going to need to let out my belt a couple of notches comes at the hotel's raclette and fondue evening.
Definitions
noun
- a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
- the time period between dawn and noon
- the first light of day
- the earliest period
Examples
He did his final piece of serious work on Tuesday morning, which was grand, and we have just kept him ticking over with a couple of canters.
Those morning glories are grown every year along the south face of the historic, well-preserved post-and-beam barn that is the center of Heritage Farm; the 890-acre spread a few miles north of Decorah that Seed Savers Exchange now calls home.
Some retailers, including Sears, have already held some "door-buster" early-morning sales, which makes Black Friday -- the day after Thanksgiving that's looked upon as a kick-off to the holiday shopping season -- a little "grayer," he said.
