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Comet vs Colet - What's the difference?

comet | colet |

As nouns the difference between comet and colet

is that 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 while colet is (obsolete) a lower servant in a church.

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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    colet

    English

    Alternative forms

    * collet

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A lower servant in a church

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