Globe vs. Orb — What's the Difference?

A globe is a spherical model of Earth, of some other celestial body, or of the celestial sphere. Globes serve purposes similar to maps, but unlike maps, they do not distort the surface that they portray except to scale it down.

A sphere or spherical object.

The earth

A celestial body, such as the sun or moon.

A spherical or rounded object

(Archaic) The earth.

A lightbulb.

One of a series of concentric transparent spheres thought by ancient and medieval astronomers to rotate about the earth and carry the celestial bodies.

Form (something) into a globe

A globe surmounted by a cross, used as a symbol of monarchial power and justice.

A body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball.

An eye or eyeball.

The earth.

(Archaic) Something of circular form; a circle or orbit.

A planet.

To shape into a circle or sphere.

A spherical or bowllike container, especially a glass cover for a light bulb.

(Archaic) To encircle; enclose.

A sphere emblematic of sovereignty; an orb.

To move in an orbit.

To assume the shape of or form into a sphere.

A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star

Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

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

The planet Earth.

(architectural element) A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere

A spherical model of Earth or other planet.

An orbit of an heavenly body

A light bulb.

(rare) The time period of an orbit

A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.

(poetic) The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity

A woman's breast.

(poetic) Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel

(obsolete) A group.

(rare) A sphere of action.

A land snail of the genus Mesodon

A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal or imperial power

(intransitive) To become spherical.

A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics))

(transitive) To make spherical.

(military) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.

A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.

(architecture) A blank window or panel.

Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.

To form into an orb or circle.

The earth; the terraqueous ball; - usually preceded by the definite article.

To become round like an orb.

A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; - called also artificial globe.

To encircle; to surround; to enclose.

A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; - a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square.

A blank window or panel.

To gather or form into a globe.

A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.

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

One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions.

An object with a spherical shape;

A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.

A sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.

The eye, as luminous and spherical.

A revolving circular body; a wheel.

A sphere of action or influence.

Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See 1st Mound.

A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.

To form into an orb or circle.

To encircle; to surround; to inclose.

To become round like an orb.

The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye

An object with a spherical shape;