Eclipse vs Glory - What's the difference?
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(astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects in which a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
, decline, downfall
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Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
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(Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.
Great beauty or splendour, that is so overwhelming it is considered powerful.
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, title= Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
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, title= Worship or praise.
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Optical phenomenon caused by water droplets.
Victory; success.
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, work=BBC Sport An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
(label) Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
* (George Chapman) (1559-1634)
To exult with joy; to rejoice.
* 1891 :
To boast; to be proud.
As verbs the difference between eclipse and glory
is that eclipse is while glory is to exult with joy; to rejoice.As a noun glory is
great beauty or splendour, that is so overwhelming it is considered powerful.eclipse
English
(wikipedia eclipse)Noun
(en noun)unnumbered page,
- All the posterity of our first parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.
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- As in the soft and sweet eclipse , / When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
- Nor were the wool prospects much better. The industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse .
Derived terms
* lunar eclipse * solar eclipse * total eclipseSee also
* occultation * syzygyVerb
- The Moon eclipsed the Sun.
- The student’s skills soon eclipsed those of his teacher.
- My joy of liberty is half eclipsed .
glory
English
(wikipedia glory)Noun
(glories)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
- Spread his glory through all countries wide.
- Think it no glory to swell in tyranny.
- Jewels lose their glory if neglected.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.}}
- Glory to God in the highest.
citation, passage=But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory , they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time.}}
- in glory of thy fortunes
Verb
(en-verb)- He says he glories in what happened, and that good may be done indirectly; but I wish he would not so wear himself out now he is getting old, and would leave such pigs to their wallowing.