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Planetarium vs Planetary - What's the difference?

planetarium | planetary |

As nouns the difference between planetarium and planetary

is that planetarium is planetarium while planetary is a planetary nebula.

As an adjective planetary is

(astronomy) of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.

planetarium

English

(wikipedia planetarium)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A display museum in which images of stars and other astronomical phenomena are projected onto a domed ceiling.
  • An orrery.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    planetary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (astronomy) Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.
  • * Fuller
    • erratical and planetary life
  • Of, or relating to the Earth; terrestrial.
  • Of, or relating to the whole Earth; global.
  • (of a gear train) epicyclic

    • Synonyms

    * (of the whole earth) global * (of a gear train) epicyclic

    Derived terms

    * *

    Noun

    (planetaries)
  • A planetary nebula.