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extraterrestrial object vs meteor

meteor vs extraterrestrial object

extraterrestrial object and meteor both are nouns.

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

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