Horizon vs. Sunset
Difference Between Horizon and Sunset
Horizonnoun
The visible horizontal line or point (in all directions) that appears to connect the Earth to the sky.
A tall building was visible on the horizon.Sunsetnoun
The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
Horizonnoun
(figuratively) The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest.
Some students take a gap year after finishing high school to broaden their horizons.Sunsetnoun
The changes in color of the sky at sunset.
Horizonnoun
The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
Sunsetnoun
(figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
one's sunset yearsHorizonnoun
(geology) A specific layer of soil or strata
Sunsetnoun
(attributively) Having a set termination date.
The tax increase legislation included a sunset clause requiring renewal to prevent the tax increase from expiring.Horizonnoun
A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
Sunsetnoun
The region where the sun sets; the west.
Horizonnoun
Any level line or surface.
Sunsetverb
To phase out.
We'll be sunsetting version 1.9 of the software shortly after releasing version 2.0 next quarter.Horizonnoun
(chess) The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.
Sunsetnoun
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
Horizonnoun
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
Sunsetnoun
atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
Horizonnoun
the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated;
It is beyond the horizon of present knowledgeSunsetnoun
the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
Horizonnoun
a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
Sunsetadjective
of a declining industry or technology;
sunset industriesHorizonnoun
the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
Sunsetadjective
providing for termination;
a program with a sunset provision
