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Emancipation vs Libration - What's the difference?

emancipation | libration |

As nouns the difference between emancipation and libration

is that emancipation is emancipation while libration is the act of librating.

emancipation

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence
  • The state of being thus set free; liberation; used of slaves, minors, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjection.
  • US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

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    libration

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of librating.
  • (astronomy) The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface.
  • (by extension) A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body.