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Auroral vs Aurorae - What's the difference?

auroral | aurorae |

As an adjective auroral

is pertaining to the dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning.

As a noun aurorae is

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auroral

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning.
  • * 1902 , William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience , Folio Society 2008, p. 227:
  • This auroral openness and uplift gives to all creative ideal levels a bright and carolling quality, which is nowhere more marked than where the controlling emotion is religious.
  • Rosy in colour, blushing, roseate.
  • Pertaining to the aurora borealis.
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    aurorae

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (aurora)
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    aurora

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the southern or northern hemispheres respectively.
  • Synonyms

    * polar light

    Derived terms

    * aurora australis * aurora borealis * auroral * aurorean