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Comet vs Cometology - What's the difference?

comet | cometology |

As nouns the difference between comet and cometology

is that comet is 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 cometology is the branch of astronomy that deals with comets.

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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    cometology

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The branch of astronomy that deals with comets.
    • (Webster 1913)