Lucifer vs. Venus — What's the Difference?

Lucifer is the name of various figures in folklore associated with the planet Venus. Originally stemming from a son of the personified dawn, the goddess Aurora, in Roman mythology, the entity's name was subsequently absorbed into Christian folklore as a name for Satan.

Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

(Bible) An angelic being who was cast from heaven as punishment for his rebellious pride. Lucifer is traditionally identified with Satan.

Roman Mythology The goddess of love and beauty.

The planet Venus in its appearance as the morning star. Also called Phosphorus.

The second planet from the sun, having an average radius of 6,052 kilometers (3,761 miles), a mass 0.82 times that of Earth, and a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 224.7 days at a mean distance of approximately 108.2 million kilometers (67.2 million miles).

Lucifer A friction match.

Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae.

A self-igniting match, ie. one which could be lit by striking on any surface (as opposed to safety matches which only light against the material on the side of the box).

The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified.

The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; - applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.

One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about 67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was called by the ancients Lucifer; as the evening star, Hesperus.

Hence, Satan.

The metal copper; - probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus.

A match{1} made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; - called also lucifer match, and locofoco, now most commonly referred to as a friction match. See Locofoco.

Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Venus or family Veneridæ. Many of these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored. Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog, are valued for food.

A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.

The second nearest planet to the sun; visible as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; rotates slowly clockwise (in the opposite direction from the normal rotation of the planets);

(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell

Goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite

Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction;

Type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells