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Starlight vs Starshade - What's the difference?

starlight | starshade |

As nouns the difference between starlight and starshade

is that starlight is light emitted from stars other than the sun while starshade is (astronomy) a form of coronagraph disk designed to prevent starlight from interfering with the observation of exoplanets.

starlight

English

Noun

(-)
  • Light emitted from stars other than the Sun
  • * Milton
    • Nor walk by moon, / Or glittering starlight , without thee is sweet.

    Derived terms

    * starlit

    starshade

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) A form of coronagraph disk designed to prevent starlight from interfering with the observation of exoplanets