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estraterrestrial body vs meteoroid

meteoroid vs estraterrestrial body

estraterrestrial body and meteoroid both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
estraterrestrial body Yes No No No
meteoroid Yes No No No
As nouns, meteoroid is a hyponym of estraterrestrial body; that is, meteoroid is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than estraterrestrial body:
  • estraterrestrial body: a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere
  • meteoroid: (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
Other hyponyms of estraterrestrial body include comet, meteor.
estraterrestrial body (noun) meteoroid (noun)
a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
Difference between estraterrestrial body and meteoroid

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