"day and night" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} day and night (not comparable)
  1. All the time; round the clock; unceasingly. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Day, Night, Time Translations (all the time): لَيْلَ نَهَارَ (layla nahāra) (Arabic), صَبَاحَ مَسَاءَ (ṣabāḥa masāʔa) (Arabic), օր ու գիշեր (ōr u gišer) (Armenian), gecəbəgündüz (Azerbaijani), gecə-gündüz (Azerbaijani), দিনরাত (dinrat) (Bengali), অহর্নিশি (ohorniśi) (Bengali), দিবারাত্রি (dibaratri) (Bengali), 晝夜 (Chinese Mandarin), 昼夜 (zhòuyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 日夜 (rìyè) (Chinese Mandarin), dag og nat (Danish), dag en nacht (Dutch), yötä päivää (Finnish), jour et nuit (French), noite e día (Galician), Tag und Nacht (German), νυχθημερόν (nychthimerón) (Greek), יומם ולילה (jomám va lájla) (Hebrew), יומם וליל (jomám va lájil) (Hebrew), सुब्ह शाम (subha śām) (Hindi), दिन रात (din rāt) (Hindi), éjjel-nappal (Hungarian), éjt nappallá téve (Hungarian), 昼夜 (chūya) (alt: ちゅうや) (Japanese), 日夜 (nichiya) (alt: にちや) (Japanese), 昼も夜も (hiru mo yoru mo) (alt: ひるもよるも) (Japanese), 주야 (juya) (Korean), 밤낮 (bamnat) (Korean), രാപകൽ (rāpakal) (Malayalam), ദിനരാത്രം (dinarātraṁ) (Malayalam), അഹോരാത്രം (ahōrātraṁ) (Malayalam), شب و روز (šab-o-ruz) (Persian), روز و شب (ruz-o-šab) (Persian), شبانهروز (šabâne-ruz) (Persian), dzień i noc (Polish), dia e noite (Portuguese), днём и но́чью (dnjom i nóčʹju) (Russian), де́нно и но́щно (dénno i nóščno) [colloquial] (Russian), дан и ноћ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), dan i noć [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), día y noche (Spanish), dag och natt (Swedish), పగలు రాత్రి (pagalu rātri) (Telugu), gece gündüz (english: night and day) (Turkish), sabah akşam (Turkish), دِن رات (din rāt) (Urdu), صُبْح و شام (subh o śām) [literary] [poetry, writing, journalism, literature, communications, publishing, media] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-day_and_night-en-adv-rT-WqcYe Disambiguation of Day: 99 1 Disambiguation of Night: 95 5 Disambiguation of Time: 100 0

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} day and night (uncountable)
  1. Synonym of chalk and cheese (“two things that are very different”) Tags: uncountable Synonyms: chalk and cheese [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-day_and_night-en-noun-ssokxNHJ Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 30 70

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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "all the time",
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          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "pagalu rātri",
          "sense": "all the time",
          "word": "పగలు రాత్రి"
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          "english": "night and day",
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            "literature",
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      "roman": "ahōrātraṁ",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "word": "അഹോരാത്രം"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šab-o-ruz",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "word": "شب و روز"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ruz-o-šab",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "word": "روز و شب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šabâne-ruz",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "word": "شبانهروز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "word": "dzień i noc"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "word": "dia e noite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dnjom i nóčʹju",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "word": "днём и но́чью"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dénno i nóščno",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "де́нно и но́щно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "дан и ноћ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "dan i noć"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "word": "día y noche"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "word": "dag och natt"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pagalu rātri",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "word": "పగలు రాత్రి"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "english": "night and day",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "word": "gece gündüz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "word": "sabah akşam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "din rāt",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "word": "دِن رات"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "subh o śām",
      "sense": "all the time",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "poetry",
        "writing",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "communications",
        "publishing",
        "media"
      ],
      "word": "صُبْح و شام"
    }
  ],
  "word": "day and night"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adverbs",
    "English coordinated pairs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Day",
    "en:Night",
    "en:Time"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "day and night (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of chalk and cheese (“two things that are very different”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chalk and cheese",
          "chalk and cheese#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "two things that are very different",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "chalk and cheese"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "day and night"
}

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