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Aquifer vs Comet - What's the difference?

aquifer | comet |

As nouns the difference between aquifer and comet

is that aquifer is aquifer (an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel) while comet is (astronomy) a celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the sun.

aquifer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
  • The water from the well came from an aquifer .

    See also

    * oasis * (wikipedia "aquifer")

    comet

    English

    (wikipedia comet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun.
  • A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body.
  • Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * cometary * cometoid * exocomet