Halo vs Ringlet - What's the difference?
halo | ringlet | 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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A small ring.
A lock, tress.
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
A brown butterfly with numerous small rings on under wings, in the tribe Satyrini of the family Nymphalidae, such as .
Halo is a related term of ringlet.
As nouns the difference between halo and ringlet
is that halo is halo while ringlet is a small ring.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 ----ringlet
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(wikipedia ringlet)Noun
(en noun)- Her hair was in ringlets .
- She was both beautiful and young to their eyes. Her hair was a rich red in color and fell in flowing ringlets over her shoulders. Her dress was pure white but her eyes were blue, and they looked kindly upon the little girl.
