The difference between Domain and Orb

When used as nouns, domain means a geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization, whereas orb means a spherical body.

Orb is also verb with the meaning: to form into an orb or circle.

check bellow for the other definitions of Domain and Orb

  1. Domain as a noun:

    A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.

    Examples:

    "The king ruled his domain harshly."

  2. Domain as a noun:

    A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.

    Examples:

    "Dealing with complaints isn't really my domain: get in touch with customer services."

    "His domain is English history."

  3. Domain as a noun:

    A group of related items, topics, or subjects.

  4. Domain as a noun (mathematics):

    The set of all possible mathematical entities (points) where a given function is defined.

  5. Domain as a noun (mathematics, set theory):

    The set of input (argument) values for which a function is defined.

  6. Domain as a noun (mathematics):

    A with no zero divisors; that is, in which no of nonzero elements is zero.

    Examples:

    "hyponyms integral domain"

  7. Domain as a noun (mathematics, topology, analysis):

    An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers.

  8. Domain as a noun (computing, Internet):

    Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains.

  9. Domain as a noun (computing, Internet):

    A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains.

  10. Domain as a noun (computing):

    A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside.

  11. Domain as a noun (computing):

    The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names.

  12. Domain as a noun (physics):

    A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction.

  13. Domain as a noun (computing):

    Such a region used as a data storage element in a bubble memory.

  14. Domain as a noun (data processing):

    A form of technical metadata that represent the type of a data item, its characteristics, name, and usage.

  15. Domain as a noun (taxonomy):

    The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota.

  16. Domain as a noun (biochemistry):

    A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function.

  1. Orb as a noun:

    A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star

    Examples:

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  2. Orb as a noun:

    One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions

  3. Orb as a noun:

    A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit

    Examples:

    "The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs. rfdatek Bacon"

  4. Orb as a noun (rare):

    A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.

  5. Orb as a noun (poetic):

    The eye, as luminous and spherical

  6. Orb as a noun (poetic):

    A revolving circular body; a wheel

    Examples:

    "The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled. rfdatek John Milton"

  7. Orb as a noun (rare):

    A sphere of action.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Wordsworth"

  8. Orb as a noun:

    A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal power

  9. Orb as a noun:

    A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics))

  10. Orb as a noun (military):

    A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.

  1. Orb as a verb (poetic, transitive):

    To form into an orb or circle.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Lowell"

    "rfquotek Milton"

  2. Orb as a verb (poetic, intransitive):

    To become round like an orb.

  3. Orb as a verb (poetic, transitive):

    To encircle; to surround; to enclose.

  1. Orb as a noun (architecture):

    A blank window or panel.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Oxf. Gloss"

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