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
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Mound as a noun:
An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
Examples:
"synonyms: bulwark rampart"
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Mound as a noun:
A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
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Mound as a noun (baseball):
Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
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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.
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Mound as a noun (US, vulgar, slang):
The mons veneris.
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Mound as a noun (obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively):
A hand.
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Mound as a noun (obsolete):
A protection; restraint; curb.
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Mound as a noun (obsolete):
A helmet.
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Mound as a noun (obsolete):
Might; size.
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Mound as a verb (transitive):
To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
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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."
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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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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
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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"
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Orb as a noun (rare):
A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.
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Orb as a noun (poetic):
The eye, as luminous and spherical
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Orb as a noun (poetic):
A revolving circular body; a wheel
Examples:
"The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled. rfdatek John Milton"
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Orb as a noun (rare):
A sphere of action.
Examples:
"rfquotek Wordsworth"
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Orb as a noun:
A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal power
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Orb as a noun:
A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics))
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Orb as a noun (military):
A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.
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Orb as a verb (poetic, transitive):
To form into an orb or circle.
Examples:
"rfquotek Lowell"
"rfquotek Milton"
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Orb as a verb (poetic, intransitive):
To become round like an orb.
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Orb as a verb (poetic, transitive):
To encircle; to surround; to enclose.
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Orb as a noun (architecture):
A blank window or panel.
Examples:
"rfquotek Oxf. Gloss"
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