Stellar vs Galaxy - What's the difference?
stellar | galaxy |
(astronomy, notcomp) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.
Heavenly.
Exceptional; wonderful.
* 1633 , John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":
(galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.
As an adjective stellar
is (astronomy|notcomp) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.As a proper noun galaxy is
(astronomy|dated) the milky way galaxy, from when it was thought the universe (our universe) had only one galaxy.stellar
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The actress gave a stellar performance.
Derived terms
* stellar nurseryAnagrams
* ----galaxy
English
Noun
(galaxies)- So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie [...].