The difference between Earth and Globe

When used as nouns, earth means soil, whereas globe means any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

When used as verbs, earth means to connect electrically to the earth, whereas globe means to become spherical.


Earth is also proper_noun with the meaning: our planet, third out from the sun.

check bellow for the other definitions of Earth and Globe

  1. Earth as a noun (uncountable):

    Soil.

    Examples:

    "This is good earth for growing potatoes."

  2. Earth as a noun (uncountable):

    Any general rock-based material.

    Examples:

    "She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth."

  3. Earth as a noun:

    The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).

    Examples:

    "Birds are of the sky, not of the earth."

  4. Earth as a noun (British):

    A connection electrically to the earth ( ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.

  5. Earth as a noun:

    A fox's home or lair.

  6. Earth as a noun:

    The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).

  7. Earth as a noun (alchemy, philosophy, and, Taoism):

    The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the .

  1. Earth as a verb (UK, transitive):

    To connect electrically to the earth.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: ground"

    "That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed."

  2. Earth as a verb (transitive):

    To bury.

  3. Earth as a verb (transitive):

    To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.

  4. Earth as a verb (intransitive):

    To burrow.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Tickell"

  1. Globe as a noun:

    Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

    Examples:

    "the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp"

  2. Globe as a noun:

    The planet Earth.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek John Locke"

  3. Globe as a noun:

    A spherical model of Earth or any planet.

  4. Globe as a noun (dated, or, Australia, South Africa):

    A light bulb.

  5. Globe as a noun:

    A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.

  6. Globe as a noun (slang, chiefly plural):

    A woman's breasts.

  1. Globe as a verb (intransitive):

    To become spherical.

  2. Globe as a verb (transitive):

    To make spherical.

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