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Cosmic vs Cosmology - What's the difference?

cosmic | cosmology |

As an adjective cosmic

is cosmic.

As a noun cosmology is

the study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.

cosmic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.
  • Infinitely or inconceivably extended; vast
  • Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast.
    • cosmic speed
  • * Tyndall
    • Cosmic ranges of time.
  • (astronomy, dated) Rising or setting with the sun; not acronycal.

    • Derived terms

    * sociocosmic

    Anagrams

    * ----

    cosmology

    English

    Noun

  • The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Robert L. Dorit , title=Rereading Darwin , volume=100, issue=1, page=23 , magazine= citation , passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology , alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.}}
  • A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe.
  • A particular view (cultural or religious) of the structure and origin of the universe.

    • Related terms

    * cosmologist * cosmogony * cosmological

    See also

    * eschatology * big bang theory * steady state theory