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fireball vs shooting star

shooting star vs fireball

fireball and shooting star both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fireball Yes No No No
shooting star Yes No No No
As nouns, shooting star is a hypernym of fireball; that is, shooting star is a word with a broader meaning than fireball:
  • fireball: 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 fireball include meteor.
fireball (noun) shooting star (noun)
the luminous center of a nuclear explosion 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
a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
a highly energetic and indefatigable person
an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
Difference between fireball and shooting star

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