The difference between Mound and Orb

When used as nouns, mound means an artificial hill or elevation of earth, whereas orb means a spherical body.

When used as verbs, mound means to fortify with a mound, whereas orb means to form into an orb or circle.


check bellow for the other definitions of Mound and Orb

  1. Mound as a noun:

    An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense

    Examples:

    "synonyms: bulwark rampart"

  2. Mound as a noun:

    A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.

  3. Mound as a noun (baseball):

    Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.

  4. Mound as a noun:

    A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.

  5. Mound as a noun (US, vulgar, slang):

    The mons veneris.

  6. Mound as a noun (obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively):

    A hand.

  7. Mound as a noun (obsolete):

    A protection; restraint; curb.

  8. Mound as a noun (obsolete):

    A helmet.

  9. Mound as a noun (obsolete):

    Might; size.

  1. Mound as a verb (transitive):

    To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.

  2. Mound as a verb (transitive):

    To force or pile into a mound or mounds.

    Examples:

    "He mounded up his mashed potatoes so they left more space on the plate for the meat."

  1. Orb as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "'1609, w William Shakespeare, ''[[s:A Lover's Complaint A Lover's Complaint]]"

  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"