Earth vs Nife - What's the difference?
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As a proper noun earth is the third planet in order from the sun, upon which humans live represented in astronomy and astrology by. As a noun nife is (geology).
earth Proper noun
Our planet, third out from the Sun; see main entry Earth.
- The astronauts saw the earth from the porthole.
Usage notes
* The word earth' is capitalized to ' Earth when used in context with other celestial bodies.
Noun
(uncountable) Soil.
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(uncountable) Any general rock-based material.
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The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
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(British) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
A fox's home or lair.
The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
* 1819 , John Keats , "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
- "Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all / Ye know on earth , and all ye need to know.
(alchemy) One of the (w).
(India, and, Japan) One of the (w).
(Taoism) One of the (w).
Derived terms
*diatomaceous earth
* down to earth
* earth closet
* Earth Day
* earth mother
* Earth Summit
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* earth tone
* earthbound or earth-bound
* earthen
* earthenware
* earthquake
* earthling
* earthly
* earthly paradise
* earthquake
* earth-shattering
* earth sign
* earthworm
* earthy
* ends of the earth
* flat earthers
* go to earth
* Mother Earth
* rare earth
* rare earth mineral
* run to earth
* salt of the earth
* scorched earth
* unearth
See also
* moon
* sun
* world
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Verb
( en verb)
(British) To connect electrically to the earth .
- That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed .
To bury.
* Young
- The miser earths his treasure, and the thief, / Watching the mole, half beggars him ere noon.
To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
* Dryden
- The fox is earthed .
To burrow.
- (Tickell)
Synonyms
* (to connect electrically to the earth) (US) ground
Derived terms
* unearth
Statistics
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nife Alternative forms
* Nife, NiFe
Noun
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(geology) nickel–iron, especially the material that makes up the core of the Earth
See also
* KREEP
* sial
* sima
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