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Atmosphere vs Skylight - What's the difference?

atmosphere | skylight |

As nouns the difference between atmosphere and skylight

is that atmosphere is the gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body while skylight is a window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.

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

    Related terms

    * atmospheric * atmospherics

    See also

    * ambiance, ambience * mood

    skylight

    English

    (wikipedia skylight)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light.
  • —solar radiation reaching the earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere