Uranus vs Puck - What's the difference?
uranus | puck |
(Greek god) The Greek god who personified]] of the sky and heavens and [[father#Verb, fathered the Titans. Roman counterpart: Caelus.
The seventh planet in our solar system, with twenty-seven known moons, discovered in 1781 by (Sir William Herschel).
(ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
* 1886 , Boston Daily Globe (28 February), p 2:
(chiefly, Canada) An object shaped like a puck.
* 2004 , Art Directors Annual , v 83, Rotovision,
(computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.
As proper nouns the difference between uranus and puck
is that uranus is uranus (planet) while puck is (mythology) a mischievous sprite in celtic mythology and english folklore.uranus
English
(wikipedia Uranus)Proper noun
(en proper noun)Synonyms
* (deity) Father Sky * (planet) Herschel; Georgium Sidus (until the mid-19th century) * (planet) (in astronomy and astrology)Synonyms
* (planet) Georgian planet, Georgium Sidus , HerschelSee also
* * giant planet * Jovian planet * outer planet * superior planetpuck
English
Etymology 1
Attested since 1886. From or influenced by (etyl) . Compare poke (1861).Noun
(en noun)- In hockey a flat piece of rubber, say four inches long by three wide and about an inch thick, called a ‘puck ’, is used.
p 142:
- He reaches into the urinal and picks up the puck'. He then walk over to the sink and replaces a bar of soap with the urinal ' puck .