Lunar vs Martian - What's the difference?
lunar | martian |
Of, or pertaining to, the Moon; moonly.
Crescent-shaped, lunate.
Resembling the moon; orbed.
Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties.
(alchemy) Of, or pertaining to, silver.
(astronomy) A lunar distance.
(anatomy) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus.
(astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars; aggressive, bellicose.
(obsolete) Pertaining to war or battle; military.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.5:
Of or relating to the planet Mars or its imagined inhabitants.
* 2004 , Mark Pilkington, The Guardian , 8 Jan 2004:
(science fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Mars.
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In astronomy|lang=en terms the difference between lunar and martian
is that lunar is (astronomy) a lunar distance while martian is (astronomy) , "of or pertaining to the planet mars".As adjectives the difference between lunar and martian
is that lunar is of, or pertaining to, the moon; moonly while martian is (astronomy) , "of or pertaining to the planet mars".As a noun lunar
is (astronomy) a lunar distance.lunar
English
Adjective
(-)- lunar observations
- (Dryden)
- lunar herbs
- (Francis Bacon)
Derived terms
* lunacy * lunate * lunar caustic * lunar cycle * lunar distance * lunar module * lunar month * lunar node * lunar observation * lunar orbit * lunar yearNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (bone) intermedium, semilunar (Webster 1913)Anagrams
* * ----martian
English
Adjective
(-)- The judges, which thereto selected were, / Into the Martian field adowne descended / To deeme this doutfull case, for which they all contended.
- She claimed her astral body was transported to the planet, so she was able to draw detailed Martian landscapes and to speak and write its language.
Derived terms
* Martianism * Martian poetry * Martian blueberry * Martian spheruleNoun
(wikipedia Martian) (en noun)Go away, we need you, passage=A Martian' who landed in Britain in the past few weeks—assuming he managed to get a visa—would take it for a place that dislikes visitors.