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Astrophilic vs Astrophysics - What's the difference?

astrophilic | astrophysics |

As an adjective astrophilic

is (rare) related to or exhibiting astrophilia.

As a noun astrophysics is

the branch of astronomy or physics that deals with the physical properties of celestial bodies and with the interaction between matter and radiation in celestial bodies and in the space between them.

astrophilic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (rare) Related to or exhibiting astrophilia.
  • * 1971 , New Guard , Volumes 11-12, page 24:
  • * 2012 , " Space Panorama", Philadelphia City Paper , 2 May 2012:
  • The cosmos is limitless. The theater, with its four pesky walls, is not. The contrast might faze many an astrophilic thespian, but British performer Andrew Dawson has embraced it.
  • * 2012 , Frank Baratta, " An Astronomical Movable Feast", Roanoke Valley Astronomical Society , Volume 29, Number 10, October 2012, page 2:
  • For me, this urge to gather and the draw of the night sky combine to create an iconic vision: a lineup of telescopes, with a nebula in this one, a star cluster in another and a planet in yet another, and people moving from one to the other to savor a view, then returning to their own scope to locate and view a different object and share again. It’s an astrophilic breaking of bread, an astronomical movable feast!

    astrophysics

    Noun

    (-)
  • The branch of astronomy or physics that deals with the physical properties of celestial bodies and with the interaction between matter and radiation in celestial bodies and in the space between them.
  • Derived terms

    * geoastrophysics