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Nebula vs Protostar - What's the difference?

nebula | protostar |

As nouns the difference between nebula and protostar

is that nebula is a cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes) while protostar is a collection of gas and dust in space with high temperature that usually grows to the point of beginning nuclear fusion and becoming a star.

nebula

English

(wikipedia nebula)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
  • (archaic, medicine) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
  • (obsolete, medicine) A cloudy appearance in the urine

    • Derived terms

    * dark nebula * diffuse nebula * emission nebula * planetary nebula * preplanetary nebula * protoplanetary nebula * reflection nebula * solar nebula * stellar nebula

    Related terms

    * nebulosity * nebulous * nebular

    See also

    * plerion * nova remnant * supernova remnant * Herbig-Haro object * Bok globule * interstellar cloud * intergalactic cloud * high velocity cloud

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    protostar

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (star) A collection of gas and dust in space with high temperature that usually grows to the point of beginning nuclear fusion and becoming a star.