Galaxy vs Apogalacticon - What's the difference?
galaxy | apogalacticon |
* 1633 , John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":
(galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.
(astronomy) The point in the orbit of a star at which it is furthest from the centre of its local galaxy
As nouns the difference between galaxy and apogalacticon
is that galaxy is the Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth while apogalacticon is the point in the orbit of a star at which it is furthest from the centre of its local galaxy.As a proper noun Galaxy
is the Milky Way Galaxy, from when it was thought the Universe (our universe) had only one galaxy.galaxy
English
Noun
(galaxies)- So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie [...].