Aurora vs. Greek — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Aurora and Greek
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Aurora
An aurora (plural: auroras or aurorae), sometimes referred to as polar lights (aurora polaris), northern lights (aurora borealis), or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in the Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic). Auroras are the result of disturbances in the magnetosphere caused by solar wind.
Greek
The Indo-European language of the Greeks.
Aurora
The goddess of the dawn.
Greek
Greek language and literature from the middle of the eighth century BC to the end of the third century AD, especially the Attic Greek of the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
Aurora
A luminous atmospheric phenomenon appearing as streamers or bands of light sometimes visible in the night sky in northern or southern regions of the earth. It is thought to be caused by charged particles from the sun entering the earth's magnetic field and stimulating molecules in the atmosphere.
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Greek
A native or inhabitant of Greece.
Aurora
The dawn.
Greek
A person of Greek ancestry.
Aurora
An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.
Greek
(Informal) A member of a fraternity or sorority that has its name composed of Greek letters.
Aurora
The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.
Greek
(Informal) Something that is unintelligible
Quantum mechanics is Greek to me.
Aurora
The rise, dawn, or beginning.
Greek
Of or relating to Greece or its people, language, or culture.
Aurora
The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew.
Greek
Alternative case form of Greek.
Aurora
A species of crowfoot.
Greek
Alternative case form of Greek.
Aurora
The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).
Greek
To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
Aurora
The first light of day;
We got up before dawn
They talked until morning
Greek
To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.
Aurora
An atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
Greek
Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.
Aurora
(Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos
Greek
A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.
Greek
A swindler; a knave; a cheat.
Without a confederate the . . . game of baccarat does not . . . offer many chances for the Greek.
Greek
Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.
Greek
The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Greek
A native or inhabitant of Greece
Greek
Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks;
Greek mythology
A grecian robe
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