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heavenly body vs major planet

major planet vs heavenly body

heavenly body and major planet both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
heavenly body Yes No No No
major planet Yes No No No
As nouns, major planet is a hyponym of heavenly body; that is, major planet is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than heavenly body:
  • heavenly body: natural objects visible in the sky
  • major planet: (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
heavenly body (noun) major planet (noun)
natural objects visible in the sky (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
Difference between heavenly body and major planet

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