Extraterrestrial vs Extraterritorial - What's the difference?
extraterrestrial | extraterritorial |
Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien
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of a section of territory, not being subject to the laws of the local country; of or pertaining to extraterritoriality
As adjectives the difference between extraterrestrial and extraterritorial
is that extraterrestrial is originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment while extraterritorial is of a section of territory, not being subject to the laws of the local country; of or pertaining to extraterritoriality.As a noun extraterrestrial
is a being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.extraterrestrial
English
(wikipedia extraterrestrial)Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
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