As proper nouns the difference between venus and aphrodite

is that venus is the goddess of love, beauty, and natural productivity; the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite while Aphrodite is the goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea. Her Roman counterpart is Venus.

As nouns the difference between venus and aphrodite

is that venus is any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family family: Veneridae while aphrodite is a soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.