Eclipse vs Modesty - What's the difference?
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(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
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Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
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(Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.
The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
Moderate behaviour; reserve.
(lb) Pudency, prudish avoidance of sexual explicitness.
As a verb eclipse
is .As a noun modesty is
the quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.eclipse
English
(wikipedia eclipse)Noun
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- All the posterity of our first parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.
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- As in the soft and sweet eclipse , / When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
- 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 eclipseSee also
* occultation * syzygyVerb
- The Moon eclipsed the Sun.
- The student’s skills soon eclipsed those of his teacher.
- My joy of liberty is half eclipsed .