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Stardust vs Nebula - What's the difference?

stardust | nebula |

As nouns the difference between stardust and nebula

is that stardust is particles of matter that fall from the stars down to Earth; often used idiomatically to suggest a fanciful or dreamlike quality while nebula is a cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).

stardust

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Particles of matter that fall from the stars down to Earth; often used idiomatically to suggest a fanciful or dreamlike quality.
  • My sister's eyes were full of stardust , and she'd spend hours lazily planning her future life when she would make her big break in the movies.
  • (informal, dated, astronomy) A distant cluster of stars, resembling a cloud, the individual stars of which cannot be resolved.
  • Synonyms

    * (particles) cosmic dust

    nebula

    English

    (wikipedia nebula)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
  • (archaic, medicine) A white spot or slight opacity of the cornea.
  • (obsolete, medicine) A cloudy appearance in the urine
  • Derived terms

    * dark nebula * diffuse nebula * emission nebula * planetary nebula * preplanetary nebula * protoplanetary nebula * reflection nebula * solar nebula * stellar nebula

    See also

    * plerion * nova remnant * supernova remnant * Herbig-Haro object * Bok globule * interstellar cloud * intergalactic cloud * high velocity cloud