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What is the difference between ambiance and atmosphere?

ambiance | atmosphere |

Atmosphere is a synonym of ambiance.



As nouns the difference between ambiance and atmosphere

is that ambiance is a particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence while atmosphere is the gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

ambiance

English

Alternative forms

* ambience

Noun

(en noun)
  • A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
  • A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
  • See also

    * atmosphere * mood ----

    atmosphere

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
  • The air in a particular place.
  • *
  • *:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
  • The mood or feeling in a situation.
  • A unit of measurement for pressure (symbol: atm)
  • Synonyms

    * (mood) air, ambiance, feeling, mood

    Meronyms

    * See also

    See also

    * ambiance, ambience * mood