The difference between Orb and Orb
When used as nouns, orb means a spherical body, whereas orb means a spherical body.
When used as verbs, orb means to form into an orb or circle, whereas orb means to form into an orb or circle.
check bellow for the other definitions of Orb and Orb
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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:
"'1609, w William Shakespeare, ''[[s:A Lover's Complaint A Lover's Complaint]]"
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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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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]]"
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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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