The difference between Moon and Satellite
When used as nouns, moon means |with "the"}} , whereas satellite means a moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
Moon is also verb with the meaning: to display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
check bellow for the other definitions of Moon and Satellite
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Moon as a noun (mistaken capitalization of {{l, Moon):
|with "the"}} .
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Moon as a noun (colloquial, by extension of {{l, Moon):
}} Any natural satellite of a .
Examples:
"the moons of Jupiter"
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Moon as a noun (literary):
A .
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Moon as a noun:
A .
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Moon as a noun:
The eighteenth .
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Moon as a noun (cartomancy):
The thirty-second card.
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Moon as a verb (transitive, colloquial):
To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
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Moon as a verb (intransitive, US, colloquial):
(usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
Examples:
"Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months."
"You've been mooning after her forever, why not just ask her out?"
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Moon as a verb:
To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
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Moon as a verb (transitive):
To expose to the rays of the Moon.
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Moon as a verb:
(cryptocurrency) to rise in price rapidly (describing a coin or token).
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Satellite as a noun:
A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
Examples:
"The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth."
"A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite."
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Satellite as a noun:
A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
Examples:
"Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator."
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Satellite as a noun:
A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
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Satellite as a noun (now, _, rare):
An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.
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Satellite as a noun (colloquial, uncountable):
Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology.
Examples:
"Do you have satellite at your house?"
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Satellite as a noun (grammar):
A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light".