What is the difference between daylight & broad daylight?

Question

Often on a television news report they might say a crime was committed in "broad daylight", so what is the difference between broad & ordinary, normal daylight.

Answer 1

Broad daylight i think expresses how much cheek (of whatever has happened) it is. daylight is just daylight.

Answer 2

Broad Daylight is a reporter's term referring to the daring of the criminal's act.

Answer 3

I would say that using the term broad is to place emphasis on the fact it happened in the day rather than at dusk, dawn or night. As to the relation of the word broad, it relates to a great expanse of something, so broad daylight means the expanse of the day rather than the end parts of it.

Answer 4

broad daylight just out in the open in the middle of the day. daylight is just daylight

Answer 5

during winter months in early morning or late afternoon the sun is low in the sky and there are long shadows thrown by buildings and on the roads only one pavement is in the direct sunlight while the other is shadowed. at Midday the area of daylight is much "broader" hence the phrase, showing that the crime was committed during the full day and not in the morning or evening.

Answer 6

Broad daylight is the brightest part of the day...when everything should be clearly seen.

Answer 7

I'd say daylight is in the daytime (quite unremarkable).

Broad daylight is unbelievably in the daytime (very remarkable).

Answer 8

No difference....the 'broad' serves to emphasise the audacity of the criminal commiting a crime when it would be perfectly possible for him to be caught.

Answer 9

You can't compare a man to a woman. Each is different. But a man, and a woman, complement each other. In other words, one man and one woman (together) is one unit. They are a complementary pair.

Answer 10

dawn and dusk are daylight, but they are more referring to noonish type of light, where everything is seen and nothing is hidden