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Merengue vs Eclipse - What's the difference?

merengue | eclipse |

As verbs the difference between merengue and eclipse

is that merengue is to dance to merengue music while eclipse is .

As a noun merengue

is (music|uncountable) a type of music common in the caribbean.

merengue

English

(wikipedia merengue)

Noun

  • (music, uncountable) A type of music common in the Caribbean.
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, January 7, Alex Mindlin, For a Shuttered Marina, Some Regret, Some Relief, New York Times citation
    • , passage=The marina was a mainstay of the neighborhood, and Mr. O’Rourke was known for staging salsa and merengue concerts. }}
  • A song performed in this style.

    • Verb

  • To dance to merengue music.
    • ----

    eclipse

    English

    (wikipedia eclipse)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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
  • * , ''A Dictionary of the English Language , Volume 2, unnumbered page,
    • All the posterity of our first parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.
  • * 1820', '', '''1839 , ''The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley , page 340,
    • As in the soft and sweet eclipse , / When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
  • * 1929 , , (A House is Built) , Chapter VIII, Section ii
    • 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 eclipse

    Related terms

    * ecliptic * ecliptical

    See also

    * occultation * syzygy

    Verb

  • Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
    • The Moon eclipsed the Sun.
  • To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
    • The student’s skills soon eclipsed those of his teacher.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My joy of liberty is half eclipsed .
  • (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.