Horizon vs Horison - What's the difference?
horizon | horison |
The horizontal line that appears to separate the Earth from the sky.
The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest.
(geology) A specific layer of soil or strata
(archaeology, US) A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
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, passage=For these last 4 dayes the weather hath bene extreame hot and very calme, the Sunne being 5 degrees aboue the horison at midnight. }}
As nouns the difference between horison and horizon
is that horison is obsolete spelling of lang=en while horizon is the horizontal line that appears to separate the Earth from the sky.horizon
English
Noun
(en noun)- A tall building was visible on the horizon .
- Some students take a gap year after finishing high school to broaden their horizons .
Synonyms
* (line separating Earth and sky) (l), (l)Derived terms
* archaeological horizon * artificial horizon * event horizonSee also
* verticalExternal links
* (wikipedia "horizon") ----horison
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Noun
(en noun)citation