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What is the difference between firmament and sky?

firmament | sky |

Sky is a synonym of firmament.



In obsolete terms the difference between firmament and sky

is that firmament is basis while sky is a cloud.

As nouns the difference between firmament and sky

is that firmament is the vault of the heavens; the sky while sky is a cloud.

As a verb sky is

to hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.

firmament

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) The vault of the heavens; the sky.
    • And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
  • (obsolete) basis.
  • The field or sphere of an interest or activity.
    • the international fashion firmament
  • (archaic) In the geocentric Ptolemaic system, the eighth sphere, which carried the fixed stars.

    • Derived terms

    * firmamental

    References

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    sky

    English

    Alternative forms

    * skie (obsolete)

    Noun

    (skies)
  • (lb) A cloud.
  • The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.
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  • The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate etc.
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  • *:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
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  • *:She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky .
  • Heaven.
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    • Usage notes

    Usually the word can be used correctly in either the singular or plural form, but the plural is now mainly poetic.

    Synonyms

    * firmament * heaven *

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * skylark * the sky's the limit * reach for the sky

    Verb

  • (sports) to hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 22 , author=Ian Hughes , title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Van Persie skied a penalty, conceded by Gary Caldwell who was sent off, and also hit the post before scoring his third with a shot at the near post.}}
  • (colloquial, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot be well seen.
  • * The Century
    • Brother Academicians who skied his pictures.
  • (colloquial) to drink something from a container without one's lips touching the container

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