Earth vs. Moon — What's the Difference?

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor and support life. About 29.2% of Earth's surface is land consisting of continents and islands.

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. At about one-quarter the diameter of Earth (comparable to the width of Australia), it is the largest natural satellite in the Solar System relative to the size of its planet, the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System overall, and is larger than any known dwarf planet.

The planet on which we live; the world

Often Moon The natural satellite of Earth, visible by reflection of sunlight and having a slightly elliptical orbit, approximately 363,100 kilometers (225,600 miles) distant at perigee and 405,700 kilometers (252,100 miles) at apogee. Its mean diameter is 3,475 kilometers (2,159 miles), its mass approximately one eightieth that of Earth, and its average period of revolution around Earth 29 days 12 hours 44 minutes calculated with respect to the sun.

The substance of the land surface; soil

A natural satellite revolving around a planet.

Electrical connection to the ground, regarded as having zero electrical potential.

The moon as it appears at a particular time in its cycle of phases

The underground lair of a badger or fox.

A month, especially a lunar month.

Connect (an electrical device) with the ground

A disk, globe, or crescent resembling the natural satellite of Earth.

Drive (a fox) to its underground lair.

Moonlight.

Cover the root and lower stem of a plant with heaped-up earth

Something unreasonable or unattainable

The land surface of the world.

(Slang) The bared buttocks.

The softer, friable part of land; soil, especially productive soil.

To wander about or pass time languidly and aimlessly.

OftenEarthThe third planet from the sun, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 365.26 days at a mean distance of approximately 149.6 million kilometers (92.96 million miles), a sidereal rotation period of 23 hours 56.07 minutes, an average radius of 6,378.1 kilometers (3,963 miles), and a mass of approximately 5.9736 × 1024 kilograms (1.3169 × 1025 pounds).

To yearn or pine as if infatuated.

The realm of mortal existence; the temporal world.

(Slang) To expose one's buttocks in public as a prank or disrespectful gesture.

The human inhabitants of the world:The earth received the news with joy.

(Slang) To expose one's buttocks to (others) as a prank or disrespectful gesture

Worldly affairs and pursuits.

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Everyday life; reality:was brought back to earth from his daydreams of wealth and fame.

Any natural satellite of a planet.

The substance of the human body; clay.

(literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.

The lair of a burrowing animal.

A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.

Chiefly British The ground of an electrical circuit.

A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.

(Chemistry)Any of several metallic oxides, such as alumina or zirconia, that are difficult to reduce and were formerly regarded as elements.

The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.

To cover or heap (plants) with soil for protection.

(cartomancy) The thirty-second Lenormand card.

To chase (an animal) into an underground hiding place.

(card games) In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

To burrow or hide in the ground. Used of a hunted animal.

To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.

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To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.

(uncountable) Soil.

(usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.

(uncountable) Any general rock-based material.

To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.

The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).

(transitive) To expose to the rays of the Moon.

(British) A connection electrically to the earth (US ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.

(transitive) To adorn with moons or crescents.

The lair or den (as a hole in the ground) of an animal such as a fox.

To rise in price rapidly or suddenly.

A region of the planet; a land or country.

(card games) To shoot the moon.

Worldly things, as against spiritual ones.

The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.

The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).

A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.

(metonymically) The people on the globe.

The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month.

Any planet similar to the Earth (our earth): an exoplanet viewed as another earth, or a potential one.

A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.

(archaic) The human body.

The deliberately exposed naked buttocks.

The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.

To expose to the rays of the moon.

Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.

To expose one's naked buttocks to (a person); - a vulgar sign of contempt or disrespect, sometimes done as a prank.

To connect electrically to the earth.

To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.

(transitive) To bury.

The natural satellite of the Earth;

(transitive) To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.

Any object resembling a moon;

(intransitive) To burrow.

The period between successive new moons (29.531 days)

The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits.

The light of the moon;

The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land.

United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920)

The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth.

Any natural satellite of a planet;

A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.

Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake;

Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.

Be idle in a listless or dreamy way

The people on the globe.

Expose one's buttocks to;

Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.

A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as, the earth of a fox.

The connection of any part an electric conductor with the ground; specif., the connection of a telegraph line with the ground through a fault or otherwise.

A plowing.

To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.

To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; - sometimes with up.

To burrow.

The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live;

The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface;

The solid part of the earth's surface;

The abode of mortals (as contrasted with heaven or hell);

Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)

The concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife;

A connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage)

Hide in the earth like a hunted animal

Connect to the earth;