Gravitate vs Orbit - What's the difference?
gravitate | orbit |
To move under the force of gravity.
* 1712 , Sir , Creation; a philosophical poem in seven books , book II:
(figuratively) To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.
* 1776 , , Wealth of Nations :
* 1923 , , "J.B. Runs Things":
A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object.
A sphere of influence; an area of control.
The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.
(anatomy) The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.
(physics) The path an electron takes around an atom's nucleus.
(mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
To circle or revolve around another object.
To move around the general vicinity of something.
To place an object into an orbit around a planet.
As a verb gravitate
is to move under the force of gravity.As a noun orbit is
orbit (path of one object around another object).gravitate
English
Verb
(gravitat)- The?e, who have nature's ?teps with care pur?ued,
That matter is with ac&- 8205;tive force endued,
That all its parts magnetic power exert,
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- Children naturally gravitate to such a big, friendly man.
- The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating .
- Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.
orbit
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete.
- In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.
- The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit , as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there.
Derived terms
* *Verb
(en verb)- The Earth orbits the Sun.
- The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, asking for sweets.
- A rocket was used to orbit the satellite.