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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Whole world / Universe / cosmos

Hi! what's the difference between these words? In which situations we may use them?

Thanx!
  

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The 'whole world' refers only to Earth or another planet. The 'cosmos' is a rather literary or religious term for the universe.

— Mister Micawber

  • The 'whole world' refers only to Earth or another planet.
  • The 'cosmos' is a rather literary or religious term for the universe.
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The 'whole world' refers only to Earth or another planet.
The 'cosmos' is a rather literary or religious term for the universe.
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"Whole world" means an entire domain, as in "the world of the theater." If the domain is unspecified, the whole world means the earth.

The universe means everything in existence.

The cosmos means the universe and the ordering principles of astrophysics.
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Anonymous Hi! what's the difference between these words? In which situations we may use them?Thanx!
Have you consulted a dictionary?
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