by night
During the darkness
By night means during the nighttime hours, often suggesting darkness as cover or contrast with daytime activity.
The phrase typically emphasizes a shift in character or occupation: a teacher by day, a musician by night, The city transforms by night.
It can imply secrecy or concealment: They traveled by night to avoid detection.
- partyingSocial revelry in progress
- sleepingUnconscious rest state
- twilightLight after sunset
- dreamingMental imagery during slumber
- duskDimming after sundown
after dark · nocturnal · moonlight · secrecy · fireflies · clandestine · mystery · romance · midnight · meteor showers · hunting · solitude · aurora borealis · stargazing · constellations · evening · moonrise · starlit
visibility/concealment
by nightin broad daylight
Plainly visible to all
openly · in the open · publicly · in plain sight · visibly