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Cosmos vs Microcosmos - What's the difference?

cosmos | microcosmos |

As nouns the difference between cosmos and microcosmos

is that cosmos is the universe while microcosmos is a small or microscopic cosmos; a microcosm.

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.
    • Related terms
    * cosmetic * cosmonaut

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of cosmopolitan

    Noun

    (head)
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    microcosmos

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A small or microscopic cosmos; a microcosm.
  • * 1916 , Classical Philology (University of Chicago Press), volume 11, page 222:
    • So the double men of Aristophanes are microcosmoi (p. 566); as the world is divided, so are they.
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