night and day

adverb

: all the time : continually

Examples of night and day in a Sentence

night and day she reminded him that if it weren't for her, he'd be a nobody
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The difference between an OLED and an LCD display is like night and day, namely because OLEDs offer deeper blacks and higher contrast than the latter. Jade Chung-Lee, PC Magazine, 6 June 2025 Smartphones have digital zoom, not optical zoom, and the difference is like night and day. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 June 2025 New cars, especially the G80 M3, are far heavier, and the difference in how each takes on a corner is night and day. Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025 The Chargers' defense, specifically the secondary, was night and day from the previous season. Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for night and day

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of night and day was before the 12th century

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“Night and day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/night%20and%20day. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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