Horizon vs. Sunset

Horizon vs. Sunset — Is There a Difference?
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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 years
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Horizonnoun

(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.
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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 knowledge

Sunsetnoun

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 industries

Horizonnoun

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