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Comet vs Cometlike - What's the difference?

comet | cometlike |

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 an adjective cometlike is

resembling or characteristic of a comet.

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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    cometlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a comet.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 16, author=Warren E. Leary, title=Long-Studied Giant Star Displays Huge Cometlike Tail, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 — Astronomers have discovered that a giant star that has been studied for centuries is streaking across the sky trailing an enormous, cometlike tail. }}