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Earthling vs Earthsman - What's the difference?

earthling | earthsman |

As nouns the difference between earthling and earthsman

is that earthling is (earthling) while earthsman is someone from the planet earth; an earth-man, an earthling.

earthling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An inhabitant of the planet Earth (Generally in science fiction aliens who use the term Earthling look down on the people of earth.)
  • Synonyms

    * Earthican , Terran, Tellurian, see also

    Antonyms

    * alien, extraterrestrial, see also

    Hypernyms

    * Solarian

    Hyponyms

    * Earthgirl, Earthman, Earthwoman

    See also

    * hatchling

    Anagrams

    * *

    earthsman

    English

    Noun

    (earthsmen)
  • Someone from the planet Earth; an earth-man, an earthling.
  • *1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
  • *:For years he knows not the land; so that when he comes to it at last, it smells like another world, more strangely than the moon would to an Earthsman .