Morning, afternoon, evening and night

[Yourjones]

Hello

I wonder if the four time(?) of yesterday, today and tomorrow are:

Yesterday morning
Yesterday afternoon
Yesterday evening
Last night

This morning
This afternoon
This evening
Tonight

Tomorrow morning
Tomorrow afternoon
Tomorrow evening
Tomorrow night

Thanks

 

[Skrej]

Yes, although there is no exact breakdown as to when each period begins/ends.

 

[MikeNewYork]

The borderline between morning and afternoon is fixed by the clock -- noon. After that, the other borderlines are variable.

 

[Skrej]

I suppose the same technical argument could be made for midnight as the border between night and morning, but even then it's grey when people speak of the noun hour, or the midnight hours, etc.

 

[MikeNewYork]

When people are still awake after midnight, they tend to refer to it as night. It is different from "noon".

 

[Skrej]

That is perhaps your opinion, but not an absolute.

It's the same technical difference; the rest is perception and semantics, neither worth continued debate as the OP's original question has been answered.