Sagittarius vs Orion - What's the difference?
sagittarius | orion |
(Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
(constellation) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
of modern usage.
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As proper nouns the difference between sagittarius and orion
is that sagittarius is : A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a centaur who is an archer while Orion is a giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.As a noun Sagittarius
is someone with a Sagittarius star sign.sagittarius
Translingual
(wikipedia Sagittarius)Proper noun
Hypernyms
* (genus) Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Accipitriformes - order; Sagittariidae - familyHyponyms
* (genus) Sagittarius serpentarius - sole speciesExternal links
* (Secretary bird) * ("Sagittarius" species on Wikimedia) * (Sagittarius serpentarius)References
* ----orion
English
(wikipedia Orion)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- In Madge's judgment, her Uncle Orion had suffered most of his life from the name he'd been given, requiring that people ask him to repeat it and boys his own age make fun of it.