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extraterrestrial object vs meteoroid

meteoroid vs extraterrestrial object

extraterrestrial object and meteoroid both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
extraterrestrial object Yes No No No
meteoroid Yes No No No
As nouns, meteoroid is a hyponym of extraterrestrial object; that is, meteoroid 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
  • meteoroid: (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
Other hyponyms of extraterrestrial object include comet, meteor.
extraterrestrial object (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 extraterrestrial object and meteoroid

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