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Eclipse vs Shadowing - What's the difference?

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Eclipse is a synonym of shadowing.


As verbs the difference between eclipse and shadowing

is that eclipse is while shadowing is .

As a noun shadowing is

the effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.

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.

    • shadowing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
  • Speech shadowing is when an individual repeats speech as they hear it immediately without delay (usually through earphones).
  • (espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
  • A faint representation; an adumbration.
    • There are in savage theology shadowings , quaint or majestic, of the conception of a Supreme Deity. — Tylor.
  • (computing) The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times. The ROM chip is then disabled while the initialized memory locations are switched in on the same block of addresses.