Atmosphere vs Altitude - What's the difference?
atmosphere | altitude |
The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
The air in a particular place.
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*: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)
The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
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(geometry) The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex.
(astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
(dated, in the plural) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
* Sir Walter Scott
Highest point or degree.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between atmosphere and altitude
is that atmosphere is the gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body while altitude is the absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.atmosphere
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (mood) air, ambiance, feeling, moodMeronyms
* See alsoSee also
* ambiance, ambience * moodaltitude
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(wikipedia altitude)Noun
(en noun)Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes , there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
- (Jonathan Swift)
- The man of law began to get into his altitudes .
- (Richardson)
- He is [proud] even to the altitude of his virtue.