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major planet vs superior planet

superior planet vs major planet

major planet and superior planet both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
major planet Yes No No No
superior planet Yes No No No
As nouns, superior planet is a hyponym of major planet; that is, superior planet is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than major planet:
  • 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
  • superior planet: any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit
major planet (noun) superior planet (noun)
(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 any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit
Difference between major planet and superior planet

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