Halo vs Girth - What's the difference?
halo | girth | Related terms |
(astronomy) A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
(astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
(religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
To encircle with a halo.
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The distance measured around an object.
A band passed under the belly of an animal to hold various types of saddles in place.
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The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
(informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
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A small horizontal brace or girder.
Halo is a related term of girth.
As nouns the difference between halo and girth
is that halo is halo while girth is the distance measured around an object.As a verb girth is
to bind as if with a girth or band.halo
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(wikipedia halo)Noun
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* (luminous disc around head of saints in paintings) aureole, nimbusDerived terms
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* English nouns with irregular plurals ----girth
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Noun
(en noun)- He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth .
