What's the difference between earthling and tellurian?

Earthling


Definition:

  • (n.) An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In 1997 he arranged an ambitious live ‘cybercast’ of his Earthling concert in Boston – although the limits of internet access at the time meant that capacity was quickly reached, and most viewers received only stuttering images and error messages.
  • (2) I recall his guano-spattered union jack frock coat, designed by Alexander McQueen, on the cover of his 1997 drum'n'bass record Earthling.
  • (3) 11.04am BST So Costa Rica has certainly endeared itself to the its fellow Earthlings throughout this World Cup, speaking its people's reputation as a happy, dignified and talented bunch.
  • (4) Outside (1995) found him reunited with Eno and was another commercial success, despite its laborious concept and clumsy adoption of grungy, industrial sounds, while Earthling (1997) borrowed elements of the drum’n’bass style practised by such UK artists as Goldie and Asian Dub Foundation.
  • (5) We're earthlings – Europeans, in fact – and the preservation of our language is something we care deeply about.
  • (6) The other Pythons are being lined up to voice the roles of a group of aliens who endow an earthling with the power to do "absolutely anything".
  • (7) But while astronomers believe that it "probably" also possesses water and land, earthlings secretly harbouring hopes that such a planet could potentially host new colonies from our own increasingly overpopulated home may be in for a disappointment.
  • (8) The experience of being in space is magnificent," he says, "but only in the context of being an Earthling and knowing that you’re coming back to Earth."
  • (9) Not surprisingly, when the moonwalkers returned to earth, many earthlings asked this very same question.
  • (10) The absolute necessity of the bedroom tax, for example, has never been explained to any earthling using ordinary words.
  • (11) The artist also promised further exclusive tracks and webcasts, including footage from the Earthling tour.
  • (12) It's a little bit Minecraft, in the way you craft buildings from raw materials, with elements of city-building and resource management games added on as you build a space-base, complete Earthling-rescuing missions and play and chat with friends online.

Tellurian


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the earth.
  • (n.) A dweller on the earth.
  • (n.) An instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of the seasons.

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