Umbraphile vs. Eclipse — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Umbraphile and Eclipse
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Umbraphile
One who loves eclipses, often travelling to see them.
Eclipse
An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object or spacecraft is temporarily obscured, by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer. This alignment of three celestial objects is known as a syzygy.
Eclipse
An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination
An eclipse of the sun
Eclipse
A phase during which the distinctive markings of a bird (especially a male duck) are obscured by moulting of the breeding plumage
Eclipse plumage
Eclipse
(of a celestial body) obscure the light from or to (another celestial body)
Jupiter was eclipsed by the Moon
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Eclipse
The partial or complete obscuring, relative to a designated observer, of one celestial body by another.
Eclipse
The period of time during which such an obscuration occurs.
Eclipse
A temporary or permanent dimming or cutting off of light.
Eclipse
A fall into obscurity or disuse; a decline:"A composer ... often goes into eclipse after his death and never regains popularity"(Time).
Eclipse
A disgraceful or humiliating end; a downfall:Revelations of wrongdoing helped bring about the eclipse of the governor's career.
Eclipse
To cause an eclipse of.
Eclipse
To obscure; darken.
Eclipse
To obscure or diminish in importance, fame, or reputation.
Eclipse
To surpass; outshine:an outstanding performance that eclipsed the previous record.
Eclipse
(astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
Eclipse
Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
Eclipse
(ornithology) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
Eclipse
Obscurity, decline, downfall.
Eclipse
(transitive) Of astronomical or atmospheric bodies, to cause an eclipse.
The Moon eclipsed the Sun.
Eclipse
To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
Eclipse
(Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.
Eclipse
An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.
That fatal and perfidious bark,Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark.
Eclipse
The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.
All the posterity of our fist parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life.
As in the soft and sweet eclipse,When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
Eclipse
To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; - said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
Eclipse
To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing.
My joy of liberty is half eclipsed.
Eclipse
To suffer an eclipse.
While the laboring moonEclipses at their charms.
Eclipse
One celestial body obscures another
Eclipse
Exceed in importance; outweigh;
This problem overshadows our lives right now
Eclipse
Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention;
The Sun eclipses the moon today
Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies
Eclipse
Cause an eclipse of; of celestial bodies;
The moon eclipsed the sun
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