Day and Night

Opposing periods title

Day and night describes something that happens continuously, around the clock: Security guards patrol the building day and night.

It also characterizes an extreme contrast or dramatic difference between two things: Her attitude before and after the promotion was day and night.

The phrase works as both adverb and adjective: They're day and night different.

Related

sleep-wake cycle · duality · circadian rhythm · hour · opposites · twilight · light and dark · calendar · rotation · balance · solstice · harmony · equinox · sunrise · crack of dawn · melatonin · early bird · minute

Categories
Opposites
temporal completeness

Day and Nightoccasionally

At infrequent intervals

sometimes · now and then · once in a while · sporadically · intermittently

intensity/degree

Day and Nighthalfheartedly

Without real interest

half-heartedly · casually · leisurely · lackadaisically · in fits and starts

contrast expression

Day and Nightlike two peas in a pod

Extremely alike pair

one and the same · identical · indistinguishable · interchangeable · cut from the same cloth

Family

night, days, daylight, daytime, midday, nightly, nights, nighttime, midnight

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G