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Microscopic vs Microcosmos - What's the difference?

microscopic | microcosmos |

As an adjective microscopic

is microscopic.

As a noun microcosmos is

a small or microscopic cosmos; a microcosm.

microscopic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal.
    • We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.
  • So small that it can only be seen using a microscope.
    • The water was full of microscopic organisms.
  • Very small; minute
    • Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.
  • Carried out with great attention to detail.
    • The police carried out a microscopic search of the crime scene.
  • Able to see extremely minute objects.
    • Why has not man a microscopic eye? — Alexander Pope.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * macroscopic

    Related terms

    * microscope * macroscopic * telescopic

    See also

    * naked-eye

    microcosmos

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A small or microscopic cosmos; a microcosm.
  • * 1916 , Classical Philology (University of Chicago Press), volume 11, page 222:
    • So the double men of Aristophanes are microcosmoi (p. 566); as the world is divided, so are they.
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