✅ Evening and twilight both refer to a period of the day around sunset, and twilight can also refer to the soft light around sunset or before sunrise (The fireflies came out in the twilight).

✅ Both are used metaphorically to mean the last years of something (I made sure to enjoy the evening of my life; The twilight years of the Victorian period).

✅ Evening, in its straightforward sense, often refers to a longer period of time than twilight, and it is more common to use twilight metaphorically or poetically.

Try describing something that happens during twilight with the help of Grammar Coach.

✅ Ending refers to a stop or a coming to an end (The story came to a satisfying ending).

✅ Cessation also refers to a stop, which can be temporary (The countries agreed to a cessation of hostilities during the holiday).

✅ Ending is a more common word (The announcement brought the party to an abrupt ending), while cessation is relatively uncommon and pretty formal (A temporary cessation of the fighting).

Before a cessation of learning for the day, why don’t you take a look at these synonyms?

✅ Dawdle means to waste time, especially by loitering, moving slowly, or taking more time on something than you need to (He dawdled in the store).

✅ Dilly-dally also means to waste time, especially because of being unable to make a decision (Stop dilly-dallying and choose a candy bar).

✅ Dilly-dally implies having trouble making small decisions, or taking a lot of time over them (When it comes to ordering, I wish he wouldn’t dilly-dally so much), while dawdle emphasizes slow movement (She was known to dawdle when she didn’t want to do something).

Don’t dilly-dally! Take a look at these synonyms!