Earth vs Eden - What's the difference?
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Our planet, third out from the Sun; see main entry Earth.
(uncountable) Soil.
(uncountable) Any general rock-based material.
The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
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, title= (British) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
A fox's home or lair.
The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
* 1819 , John Keats , "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
(alchemy) One of the (w).
(India, and, Japan) One of the (w).
(Taoism) One of the (w).
(British) To connect electrically to the earth .
To bury.
* Young
To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
* Dryden
To burrow.
(biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia
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(by extension) A paradise on Earth; a state of innocence
Various place names
, probably derived from a place name.
* 1896 , H G Wells, The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham
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* 1986 Barbara Vine ( =Ruth Rendell): A Dark-Adapted Eye : page 35:
A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
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As proper nouns the difference between earth and eden
is that earth is our planet, third out from the Sun; see main entry Earth while Eden is a garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.As a noun earth
is soil.As a verb earth
is to connect electrically to the earth.earth
English
(wikipedia earth)Proper noun
- The astronauts saw the earth from the porthole.
Usage notes
* The word earth' is capitalized to ' Earth when used in context with other celestial bodies.Noun
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- "Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all / Ye know on earth , and all ye need to know.
Derived terms
*diatomaceous earth * down to earth * earth closet * Earth Day * earth mother * Earth Summit * * earth tone * earthbound or earth-bound * earthen * earthenware * earthquake * earthling * earthly * earthly paradise * earthquake * earth-shattering * earth sign * earthworm * earthy * ends of the earth * flat earthers * go to earth * Mother Earth * rare earth * rare earth mineral * run to earth * salt of the earth * scorched earth * unearthSee also
* moon * sun * world * * *Verb
(en verb)- That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed .
- The miser earths his treasure, and the thief, / Watching the mole, half beggars him ere noon.
- The fox is earthed .
- (Tickell)
Synonyms
* (to connect electrically to the earth) (US) groundDerived terms
* unearthStatistics
*Anagrams
* (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) English words with optional capitalisation 1000 English basic wordseden
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , perhaps from (etyl) e-den "Steppe, garden".Proper noun
(en proper noun)- And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden ; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
- It was no good. I felt beyond all question that I was indeed Eden , not Elvesham. But Eden in Elvesham's body!
- We call Edith Eden now because that is what she called herself before she could pronounce 'th'. It is rather a lovely name, I think. Edith sounds like someone's old aunt. I can't think why Mother and Father chose it.