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Constellation vs Cosmos - What's the difference?

constellation | cosmos |

As a noun constellation

is constellation.

As a proper noun cosmos is

.

constellation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure or pattern.
  • An image associated with a group of stars.
  • (astronomy) Any of the 88 officially recognized regions of the sky, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region.
  • (astrology) The configuration of planets at a given time (notably of birth), as used for determining a horoscope.
  • (figuratively) A wide, seemingly unlimited assortment.
  • * A constellation of possibilities.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.}}
  • A configuration or grouping.
  • * Your computer's software constellation helps you do your work faster.
  • Synonyms
    * (arbitrary formation of stars) asterism * See also

    Derived terms

    * constellatory

    See also

    * ("constellation" on Wikipedia) * asterism * ----

    cosmos

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia cosmos) (wikispecies)
  • The universe.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-24, volume=408, issue=8850, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= A problem of cosmic proportions , passage=In Dr Wetterich’s picture of the cosmos the redshift others attribute to expansion is, rather, the result of the universe putting on weight. If atoms weighed less in the past, he reasons, the light they emitted then would, in keeping with the laws of quantum mechanics, have been less energetic than the light they emit now.}}
  • An ordered, harmonious whole.
  • Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously coloured flowers and pinnate leaves.
  • Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of cosmopolitan

    Noun

    (head)
  • ----