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Petrel vs Eclipse - What's the difference?

petrel | eclipse |

As nouns the difference between petrel and eclipse

is that petrel is any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes while eclipse is an alignment of astronomical objects in which a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.

As a verb eclipse is

of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.

petrel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes .

    • Derived terms

    * Antarctic petrel * Atlantic petrel * Barau's petrel * Bermuda petrel * Bonin petrel * Bulwer's petrel * Chatham petrel * Cook's petrel * European storm petrel * Fea's petrel * Fiji petrel * Gould's petrel * Guadalupe storm petrel * Hawaiian petrel * Juan Fernandez petrel * Kerguelen petrel * Kermadec petrel * Leach's storm petrel * Madeira petrel * Madeiran storm petrel * Magellan diving petrel * Magenta petrel * Markham's storm petrel * Mas a Tierra petrel * Mascarene petrel * Matsudaira's storm petrel * Murphy's petrel * New Zealand storm petrel * Peruvian diving petrel * Phoenix petrel * Polynesian storm petrel * Providence petrel * Pycroft's petrel * South Georgia diving petrel * Stejneger's petrel * Swinhoe's storm petrel * Tahiti petrel * Tristram's storm petrel * Wilson's storm Petrel * Zino's petrel * ashy storm petrel * black storm petrel * black-bellied storm petrel * black-capped petrel * black-winged petrel * blue petrel * cape petrel * common diving petrel * dark-rumped petrel * diving petrel * fork-tailed storm petrel * fulmarine petrel * gadfly petrel * giant petrel * great-winged petrel * grey-backed storm petrel * herald petrel * least storm petrel * mottled petrel * northern giant petrel * ringed storm petrel * snow petrel * soft-plumaged petrel * southern giant petrel * storm petrel * wedge-rumped storm petrel * white-bellied storm petrel * white-chinned petrel * white-faced storm petrel * white-headed petrel * white-necked petrel * white-vented storm petrel

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Procellariiformes) * (Procellariiformes)

    Anagrams

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    eclipse

    English

    (wikipedia eclipse)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects in which a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
  • A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
  • , decline, downfall
  • * , ''A Dictionary of the English Language , Volume 2, unnumbered page,
    • All the posterity of our first parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.
  • * 1820', '', '''1839 , ''The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley , page 340,
    • As in the soft and sweet eclipse , / When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
  • * 1929 , , (A House is Built) , Chapter VIII, Section ii
    • Nor were the wool prospects much better. The industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse .

    Derived terms

    * lunar eclipse * solar eclipse * total eclipse

    Related terms

    * ecliptic * ecliptical

    See also

    * occultation * syzygy

    Verb

  • Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
    • The Moon eclipsed the Sun.
  • To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
    • The student’s skills soon eclipsed those of his teacher.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My joy of liberty is half eclipsed .
  • (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.