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Galactic vs Celestial - What's the difference?

galactic | celestial |

As adjectives the difference between galactic and celestial

is that galactic is pertaining to the milky way galaxy while celestial is relating to heaven in a religious sense.

As a noun celestial is

an inhabitant of heaven or celestial can be (obsolete|sometimes|capitalized) a native of china.

galactic

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (medicine) Of or pertaining to milk, or the secretion of milk.
    • Galactic acid.
  • Relating to a galaxy.
  • # (astronomy, specifically) Relating to the Milky Way galaxy.
  • Galactic astronomy is the study of the Milky Way.
  • (figuratively) Enormous (in size or impact).
  • * 1998 , Mark Lynton, Accidental Journey: A Cambridge Intern's Memory of World War II :
    • The policies and decisions to be made were neither very complex nor very numerous, since at that time, the needs and priorities in Germany did not involve issues of galactic impact,
  • * 1999 , Jonathan Michael Wyndham Slack, Egg & ego: an almost true story of life in the biology lab , page 65:
    • For a fashion journal, there is a more important and more difficult judgement to make: Is the work of such galactic significance as to be eligible to grace the pages of this magnificent journal?
  • * 2007 , Jeffrey P. Brown, Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe , page 128:
    • “Yes, his heart is one of galactic proportions.”
  • * (rfdate) José D. Roncal, José N. Abbo, The Big Gamble: Are You Investing Or Speculating? , page 94:
    • The credit crunch became a mess of galactic proportions.

    Related terms

    * galaxy * extragalactic * intergalactic * intragalactic * transgalactic

    Derived terms

    * galactic nucleus * active galactic nucleus * galactic core * galactic halo * galactic arm

    celestial

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (qualifier)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) celestial, from .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to heaven in a religious sense.
    • (Milton)
  • Relating to the sky or space.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The twelve celestial signs.
  • (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.
  • * {{quote-journal , year=1974 , date=February , title=A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee , journal=Ensign citation
    • , passage=We are now living and obeying celestial' laws that will make us candidates for ' celestial glory.}}
  • * {{quote-journal , year=1997 , date=November , author=Richard J. Maynes , title=A Celestial Connection to Your Teenage Years , journal=Ensign citation
    • , passage=How will you make it through your teenage years spiritually prepared for your celestial' future? How will you connect your ' celestial goals with your everyday life?}}
    Synonyms
    * (Relating to heaven in a religious sense) divine, heavenly, spiritual
    Derived terms
    * celestial body * Celestial Empire * celestial equator * celestial globe * celestial guidance * celestial horizon * celestial latitude * celestial longitude * celestial navigation * celestial peace * celestial pole * celestial sphere

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inhabitant of heaven.
  • * {{quote-book , year=1913 , author=Horace Coffin Stanton , title=Telepathy of the Celestial World citation
    • , passage=For the celestials communicate by the psychic dispatch. Scriptures prove that. }}

    Etymology 2

    From Celestial Empire, a formerly used name for China.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, sometimes, capitalized) A native of China.
  • * {{quote-book , year=1897 , author=Joseph Llewelyn Thomas , title=Journeys Among the Gentle Japs in the Summer of 1895 , chapter=The North Pacific citation
    • , passage=Three celestials died during the voyage, and, in accordance with the contract, their remains were embalmed and carried on to China.}}
  • (obsolete, slang) by extension, an East Asian person.

    • References

    * * * Kingdoms of Glory on LDS.org. ----