The difference between Earth and World
When used as nouns, earth means soil, whereas world means human collective existence.
When used as verbs, earth means to connect electrically to the earth, whereas world means to consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective.
Earth is also proper_noun with the meaning: our planet, third out from the sun.
check bellow for the other definitions of Earth and World
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Earth as a noun (uncountable):
Soil.
Examples:
"This is good earth for growing potatoes."
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Earth as a noun (uncountable):
Any general rock-based material.
Examples:
"She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth."
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Earth as a noun:
The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
Examples:
"Birds are of the sky, not of the earth."
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Earth as a noun (British):
A connection electrically to the earth ( ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
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Earth as a noun:
A fox's home or lair.
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Earth as a noun:
The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
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Earth as a noun (alchemy, philosophy, and, Taoism):
The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the .
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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."
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Earth as a verb (transitive):
To bury.
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Earth as a verb (transitive):
To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
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Earth as a verb (intransitive):
To burrow.
Examples:
"rfquotek Tickell"
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World as a noun (with "the"):
Human collective existence; existence in general.
Examples:
"There will always be lovers, till the world’s end."
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World as a noun:
The .
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World as a noun (uncountable, with "the"):
The .
Examples:
"People are dying of starvation all over the world."
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World as a noun (countable):
A , especially one which is or . Any other which many be inhabitable, such as a .
Examples:
"Our mission is to travel the galaxy and find new worlds."
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World as a noun:
A very large extent of country.
Examples:
"the [[New World]]"
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World as a noun (fiction, speculation):
A , such as , containing one or multiple of , specially intelligent ones.
Examples:
"the world of Narnia''; ''the Wizarding World of Harry Potter''; ''a zombie world"
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World as a noun:
An individual or group or setting.
Examples:
"In the world of boxing, good diet is all-important."
"Welcome to my world."
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World as a noun (computing):
The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
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World as a noun (tarot):
The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
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World as a noun (informal):
A great amount.
Examples:
"Taking a break from work seems to have done her a world of good."
"You're going to be in a world of trouble when your family finds out."
"a world of difference; a world of embarrassment"
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World as a noun (archaic):
Age, era
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World as a verb:
To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focussing on national or other distinctions; compare globalise.
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World as a verb:
To make real; to make worldly.