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shooting star vs bolide

bolide vs shooting star

shooting star and bolide both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shooting star Yes No No No
bolide Yes No No No
As nouns, bolide is a hyponym of shooting star; that is, bolide is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shooting star:
  • 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
  • bolide: an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
Other hyponyms of shooting star include fireball.
shooting star (noun) bolide (noun)
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 an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
Difference between shooting star and bolide

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