Overnight-Over-Night | Commonly Confused Words
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Overnight vs. Over night

Overnight

/ˌəʊvəˈnaɪt/
Happening during the night or instantly without delay

Examples:

Jennifer had even packed Anne's overnight bag."Aye, good chance we end up in the Market overnight."The new policy was implemented overnight.

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Over night

/ˌoʊvəˈnaɪt/
Happening suddenly or in a very short time, usually referring to an event or change that occurs from one evening until the next morning

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Ways to tell them apart:

etymology
  • Overnight is a single word combining over and night.
  • Use overnight when describing something happening throughout the night or over an entire night.
  • Over night, as two separate words, is rarely used unless specifically discussing the concept of over relative to the night, like a question about the night sky.
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