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Eclipse vs Deliquium - What's the difference?

eclipse | deliquium |

As a verb eclipse

is .

As a noun deliquium is

(chemistry) liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.

eclipse

English

(wikipedia eclipse)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects in which a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
  • A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
  • , decline, downfall
  • * , ''A Dictionary of the English Language , Volume 2, unnumbered page,
    • All the posterity of our first parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.
  • * 1820', '', '''1839 , ''The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley , page 340,
    • As in the soft and sweet eclipse , / When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
  • * 1929 , , (A House is Built) , Chapter VIII, Section ii
    • Nor were the wool prospects much better. The industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse .

    Derived terms

    * lunar eclipse * solar eclipse * total eclipse

    Related terms

    * ecliptic * ecliptical

    See also

    * occultation * syzygy

    Verb

  • Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
    • The Moon eclipsed the Sun.
  • To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
    • The student’s skills soon eclipsed those of his teacher.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My joy of liberty is half eclipsed .
  • (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.

    • deliquium

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
  • (pathology) An abrupt loss of consciousness usually caused by an insufficient blood flow to the brain; fainting.
  • *, vol.1, New York, 2001, p.387:
  • *:If he be locked in a close room, he is afraid of being stifled for want of air, and still carries biscuit, aquavitæ, or some strong waters about him, for fear of deliquiums , or being sick […].
  • (literary, figuratively) A languid, maudlin mood.
  • (rare) An abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse.
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