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Surrounding vs Atmosphere - What's the difference?

surrounding | atmosphere |

As nouns the difference between surrounding and atmosphere

is that surrounding is outlaying area; area in proximity to something while atmosphere is the gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

As a verb surrounding

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective surrounding

is which surrounds something.

surrounding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • outlaying area; area in proximity to something
  • environment

    • Synonyms

    * periphery

    Adjective

    (-)
  • which surrounds something

    • atmosphere

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
  • The air in a particular place.
  • *
  • *:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
  • The mood or feeling in a situation.
  • A unit of measurement for pressure (symbol: atm)

    • Synonyms

    * (mood) air, ambiance, feeling, mood

    Meronyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * atmospheric * atmospherics

    See also

    * ambiance, ambience * mood