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Communion vs Sextant - What's the difference?

communion | sextant |

As proper nouns the difference between communion and sextant

is that communion is the sacrament of holy communion while sextant is (astronomy) the constellation sextans.

communion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A joining together of minds or spirits.

    • Related terms

    * communal * communicate * communion hall * community * union ----

    sextant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
    • For several days things went along in about the same course. I took our position every morning with my crude sextant ; but the results were always most unsatisfactory. They always showed a considerable westing when I knew that we had been sailing due north. I blamed my crude instrument, and kept on.
  • (geometry) One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.

    • See also

    * octant * quadrant * ----