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Astronaut vs Astronomer - What's the difference?

astronaut | astronomer |

As nouns the difference between astronaut and astronomer

is that astronaut is a member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose while astronomer is one who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.

astronaut

Noun

(en noun)
  • A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose
  • Synonyms

    * cosmonaut * spationaut * taikonaut

    Derived terms

    * ancient astronaut

    astronomer

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics
  • Synonyms

    *astro-boffin (qualifier)

    See also

    * cosmologist

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

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