The difference between Orb and Province

When used as nouns, orb means a spherical body, whereas province means a region of the earth or of a continent.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Orb and Province

  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"

  1. Province as a noun:

    A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.

  2. Province as a noun:

    An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China.

  3. Province as a noun (Roman history):

    An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor.

  4. Province as a noun (Christianity):

    An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses.

  5. Province as a noun (Roman Catholicism):

    An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.

  6. Province as a noun (in plural, chiefly with definite article):

    The parts of a country outside its capital city.

  7. Province as a noun:

    An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept.

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