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bolide vs shooting star

shooting star vs bolide

bolide and shooting star both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bolide Yes No No No
shooting star Yes No No No
As nouns, shooting star is a hypernym of bolide; that is, shooting star is a word with a broader meaning than bolide:
  • bolide: an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
  • shooting star: a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
Other hypernyms of bolide include meteor.
bolide (noun) shooting star (noun)
an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
Difference between bolide and shooting star

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