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Comet vs Comer - What's the difference?

comet | comer |

As a noun comet

is (astronomy) a celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the sun.

As a proper noun comer is

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comet

English

(wikipedia comet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (astronomy) A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun.
  • A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body.
  • Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * cometary * cometoid * exocomet

    Related terms

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    comer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.
  • (figuratively) One who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory.
  • One who arrives.
    • The champ will face all comers .

    Quotations

    * 2004 August 9 & 16, The New Yorker , page 40: *: The transition from comer to also-ran can be quick. * 2004 December 6, The New Yorker , page 105: *: Django, then, was not just a comer ; he was a cause.

    Related terms

    * come

    Anagrams

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