bead vs orb

bead

noun
  • A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead. 

  • A narrow molding with semicircular section. 

  • A bubble, in spirits. 

  • Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster. 

  • Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose. 

  • A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming. 

  • A small drop of water or other liquid. 

  • A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes. 

  • Various small, round solid objects. 

verb
  • To cause beads to form on (something). 

  • To apply beads to. 

  • To form into a bead. 

orb

noun
  • Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel 

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

  • An orbit of an heavenly body 

  • A sphere of action. 

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

  • A blank window or panel. 

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

  • 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 time period of an orbit 

  • A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere 

  • The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity 

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

verb
  • To encircle; to surround; to enclose. 

  • To become round like an orb. 

  • To form into an orb or circle. 

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