Firmament vs Canopy - What's the difference?
firmament | canopy |
(uncountable) The vault of the heavens; the sky.
(obsolete) basis.
The field or sphere of an interest or activity.
(archaic) In the geocentric Ptolemaic system, the eighth sphere, which carried the fixed stars.
A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
* Dryden
Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.
The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.
In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.
In a parachute, the cloth that fills with air and thus limits the falling speed.
To cover with or as if with a canopy.
* Milton
To go through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
As nouns the difference between firmament and canopy
is that firmament is firmament (sky) while canopy is a high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.As a verb canopy is
to cover with or as if with a canopy.firmament
English
Noun
(en noun)- And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
- the international fashion firmament
Derived terms
* firmamentalReferences
* ----canopy
English
Noun
(canopies)- golden canopies and beds of state
Verb
(en-verb)- A bank with ivy canopied .