globe vs world

globe

noun
  • The planet Earth. 

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

  • A spherical model of Earth or other planet. 

  • A land snail of the genus Mesodon 

  • A light bulb. 

  • A woman's breast. 

  • Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. 

verb
  • To become spherical. 

  • To make spherical. 

world

noun
  • The Earth. 

  • A realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones. 

  • A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable. 

  • An individual or group perspective or social setting. 

  • A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme. 

  • The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general. 

  • Any other astronomical body which may be inhabitable, such as a natural satellite. 

  • The Universe. 

  • The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot. 

  • A majority of people. 

  • A very large extent of country. 

  • The subjective human experience, regarded individually. 

  • The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs. 

  • A great amount. 

verb
  • To make real; to make worldly. 

  • To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focussing on national or other distinctions; compare globalise. 

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