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Diana vs Aries - What's the difference?

diana | aries |

As proper nouns the difference between diana and aries

is that diana is the daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis while Aries is a constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a ram.

As a noun Aries is

someone with an Aries star sign.

diana

English

(wikipedia Diana)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Roman god) The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis.
  • * :
    • So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and all the world worshippeth.
  • (astronomy) Short for , a main belt asteroid.
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  • * 1605 , Remains Concerning Britain , John Russell Smith, 1870, page 56:
    • But succeeding ages (little regarding S. Chrysosthome's admonition to the contrary) have recalled prophane names, so as now Diana , Cassandra, Hyppolytus, Venus, Lais, names of unhappy disaster are as rife, as ever they were in paganism.
  • * 1993 , Queens Have Died Young and Fair , P. Owen, ISBN 0720608864, page 94:
    • A wholesome British name like Diana , Anne, Margaret or Elizabeth impresses a judge much more than all your vulgar Marilyns, Donnas, Madonnas and Dawns.

    Coordinate terms

    * (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) Artemis, Athena/Minerva, Hestia/Vesta

    Related terms

    * Di * Diane * Dianna * Dianne

    See also

    * Cynthia * Delia

    Anagrams

    * * * * *

    References

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    aries

    English

    Proper noun

    (en-proper noun) (symbol )
  • (zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a ram.
  • * 1592 — Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus iv 3
    • The Bull, being gall’d, gave Aries such a knock / That down fell both the Ram’s horns in the court.
  • (astrology) The zodiac sign for the ram, ruled by Mars and covering March 21 - April 20 (tropical astrology) or April 15 - May 15 (sidereal astrology).

    • Derived terms

    * Arian * Arietis

    Antonyms

    * Libra

    Noun

    (Aries)
  • Someone with an Aries star sign.

    • Synonyms

    * Arian

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

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