Star vs Sphere - What's the difference?
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Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location relative to other such dots.
(star) A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium) and having a spherical shape. Depending on context the sun may or may not be included.
(geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or six points.
(acting) An actor in a leading role.
An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
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(printing) An asterisk ().
A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
(astrology) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
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A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
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A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
To mark with a star or asterisk.
To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.
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(mathematics) A regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure described by the revolution of a circle about its diameter .
A spherical physical object; a globe or ball.
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(historical, astronomy, mythology) Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth, and which carried the heavenly bodies; there were originally believed to be eight, and later nine and ten; friction between them was thought to cause a harmonious sound (the music of the spheres ).
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(mythology) An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc.
(figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain.
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(geometry) The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean space (or n -dimensional space, in topology) that are a fixed distance from a fixed point .
(logic) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied.
To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere.
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To make round or spherical; to perfect.
As nouns the difference between star and sphere
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Noun
(en noun)- Star reporter, leg-man, cub, veteran gray in the trade—one and all they tried to pin the Bat like a caught butterfly to the front page of their respective journals—soon or late each gave up, beaten. He was news——the brief, staccato recital of his career in the morgues of the great dailies grew longer and more incredible each day.
- O malignant and ill-brooding stars .
- Blesses his stars , and thinks it luxury.
- On whom / Lavish Honour showered all her stars .
Synonyms
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* binary star * dwarf star * double star * faxed star * fixed star * giant star * neutron star * quark star * see stars * shooting star * starcraft * star-crossed * stardom * starfish (seastar) * starhood * starlet * starlore * starly * starman * starquake * starry * starry-eyed * starscape * star shell * stars in one's eyes * star system * star trail * superstarHyponyms
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* German: (l)Verb
(starr)- A sable curtain starred with gold.
See also
* astronomy * black hole * galaxy * moon * mullet * planet * red giantAnagrams
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(wikipedia sphere)Alternative forms
* (archaic) * sphear (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- Of celestial bodies, first the sun, / A mighty sphere , he framed.
- So your orientation changes a little bit but it sinks in that the world is a sphere , and you're going around it, sometimes under it, sideways, or over it.
- Though cold and darkness longer hang somewhere, / Yet Phoebus equally lights all the Sphere .
- It is more simplicitie to teach our children[t]he knowledge of the starres, and the motion of the eighth spheare , before their owne.
- They understood not the motion of the eighth sphear from West to East, and so conceived the longitude of the Stars invariable.
- They thought – originally on grounds derived from religion – that each thing or person had its or his proper sphere , to overstep which is ‘unjust’.
Synonyms
* (object) ball, globe, orb * (region of activity) area, domain, field, orbit, sector * (in geometry) (''topology ) * See celestial sphere * See celestial bodyDerived terms
* blogosphere * sphere of influence * sphere of interestSee also
* ball (in topology ) *Mathworld article on the sphere*
Verb
(spher)- The glorious planet Sol / In noble eminence enthroned and sphered / Amidst the other.
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