Meanings
day and night1
alternative night and day
- not comparableAll the time; round the clock; unceasingly.
Kiko has it bad enough right now, with reporters stalking her day and night
2013, Marianne Levy, Ellie May Can Definitely be Trusted to Keep a Secret, →ISBN2 more examples
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 9:1We were firing at top speed day and night on counter-battery work, neutralisation, and aeroplane shoots, and all spare men were commandeered to help feed the guns.
2012, J.J. Webber, 178 Siege Battery R.G.A.: B.E.F. France: 1916-1918, page 15
alternative night and day
- uncountableSynonym of chalk and cheese (“two things that are very different”).
Synonyms: chalk and cheese
Day and Night2
- cellular automataA Life-like cellular automaton with the rule B3678/S34678.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of chalk and cheese (“two things that are very different”).
Origin
Named for the fact that the rule is its own complement; toggling all cell states results in the pattern evolving similarly, but with living and dead cells switched.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لَيْلَ نَهَارَ, صَبَاحَ مَسَاءَ
- لَيْلَ نَهَارَ (layla nahāra)all the time
- صَبَاحَ مَسَاءَ (ṣabāḥa masāʔa)all the time
Bengali দিনরাত, অহর্নিশি
- দিনরাত (dinrat)all the time
- অহর্নিশি (ohorniśi)all the time
- দিবারাত্রি (dibaratri)all the time
Chinese Mandarin 晝夜 /昼夜, 日夜
- 晝夜 /昼夜 (zhòuyè)all the time
- 日夜 (rìyè)all the time
Czech ve dne v noci
- ve dne v nociall the time
Danish dag og nat
- dag og natall the time
Dutch dag en nacht
- dag en nachtall the time
Finnish yötä päivää
- yötä päivääall the time
French jour et nuit
- jour et nuitall the time
German Tag und Nacht
- Tag und Nachtall the time
Greek νυχθημερόν
- νυχθημερόν (nychthimerón)all the time
Hebrew יומם ולילה, יומם וליל
- יומם ולילה (jomám va lájla)all the time
- יומם וליל (jomám va lájil)all the time
Hindi सुब्ह शाम, दिन रात
- सुब्ह शाम (subha śām)all the time
- दिन रात (din rāt)all the time
Hungarian éjjel-nappal, éjt nappallá téve
- éjjel-nappalall the time
- éjt nappallá téveall the time
Japanese 昼夜, 日夜
- 昼夜 (chūya)all the time
- 日夜 (nichiya)all the time
- 昼も夜も (hiru mo yoru mo)all the time
Korean 주야, 밤낮
- 주야 (juya)all the time
- 밤낮 (bamnat)all the time
Persian شب و روز, روز و شب
- شب و روز (šab-o-ruz)all the time
- روز و شب (ruz-o-šab)all the time
- شبانهروز (šabâne-ruz)all the time
Polish dzień i noc, niebo i ziemia
- dzień i nocall the time
- niebo i ziemiachalk and cheese
Portuguese dia e noite
- dia e noiteall the time
Russian днём и но́чью, де́нно и но́щно
- днём и но́чью (dnjom i nóčʹju)all the time
- де́нно и но́щно (dénno i nóščno)all the time
Spanish día y noche
- día y nocheall the time
Swedish dag och natt
- dag och nattall the time
Tamil இரவுபகல், இராப்பகல்
- இரவுபகல் (iravupakal)all the time
- இராப்பகல் (irāppakal)all the time
- ராத்திரியும் பகலும் (rāttiriyum pakalum)all the time
Turkish gece gündüz, sabah akşam
- gece gündüzall the time
- sabah akşamall the time
Urdu دِن رات, صُبْح و شام
- دِن رات (din rāt)all the time
- صُبْح و شام (subh o śām)all the time
Cite this entry
day and night. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20and%20night
“day and night.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20and%20night. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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