What's the difference between sagittarius and zodiac?

Sagittarius


Definition:

  • (n.) The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [/] in almanacs; the Archer.
  • (n.) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Chromosome studies of 1 species of Cariamidae and Sagittarius show great karyological differences and tend to dispel the suggestion of a possible relationship between the families.
  • (2) Burrows’ colleague Cecil Lewis, a former fighter pilot and author of Sagittarius Rising , gave a vivid account of its impact.
  • (3) Cecil Lewis, the first world war fighter pilot who wrote Sagittarius Rising, was its first organiser of programmes.
  • (4) It's a very specific late 60s that he evokes on his debut album, Cabinet of Curiosities: the ornate, lushly orchestrated, psych-inflected "soft rock" or "baroque pop" of British groups such as Nirvana and the Zombies, and American bands such as the Millennium and Sagittarius.

Zodiac


Definition:

  • (n.) An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16¡ or 18¡ broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac.
  • (n.) A figure representing the signs, symbols, and constellations of the zodiac.
  • (n.) A girdle; a belt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The claim made by astrologers that people can be characterized according to their sign of the zodiac (sagitarius, taurus, cancer, scorpion) must be refuted.
  • (2) The inner solar system is filled with dust between the planets, called the zodiacal cloud, which starts out at the asteroid belt and slowly drifts towards the sun.
  • (3) The images’ meanings are not always clear and Boyko is in little rush to explain, but the names of his parents – Alexander and Irina – can be made out along with the Aquarius zodiac sign and, for whatever reason, Dracula.
  • (4) The Chinese characters which mean "one mind," eagles, dragons, some of 12 zodiacal animals, flowers, and flowers and butterflies or birds were also frequent.
  • (5) She does not make things easy for herself: she has organised her 800-page epic according to astrological principles, so that characters are not only associated with signs of the zodiac, or the sun and moon (the "luminaries" of the title), but interact with each other according to the predetermined movement of the heavens, while each of the novel's 12 parts decreases in length over the course of the book to mimic the moon waning through its lunar cycle.
  • (6) The golden heads of zodiac animals, a reference to a famous set that decorated a fountain in an imperial palace outside Beijing until they were looted by Anglo-French troops during the opium wars, will stand keeping watch in the enormous dining room, which is still used by the family on grand occasions.
  • (7) The Temple offers a kaleidoscope of incense-scented mayhem, where golden centaurs and exotic urns sprawl alongside zodiac drapes and musky shrines to the Virgin Mary, Lakshmi and other female icons.
  • (8) This brief note deals with the development of alternative perspectives on the provocative, and as yet unexplained result of an earlier study in which groups of people born under different astrological zodiac signs were found to differ markedly in their scores on the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) scale described as a measure of "Femininity."
  • (9) Photograph: Sony Pictures Classics Truth review: Blue Jasmine in the 60 Minutes newsroom, with a twist Read more Zodiac screenwriter James Vanderbilt’s directorial debut about the Rathergate scandal that ended the careers of veteran CBS newsman Dan Rather (played by Robert Redford) and 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) has been eclipsed by Spotlight , this year’s other journalistic thriller.
  • (10) Ai Weiwei's snake from his circle of animals zodiac heads.
  • (11) At 35 minutes, watching it was bizarre and exhausting, but its real tone leaps off the printed page in CSPAN’s all-caps transcript : it reads like a Zodiac letter .
  • (12) Some were related to drug abuse, criminality of gangs, or contained magic symbolism or personal data such as zodiac signs and initials (about 4% each).
  • (13) It is more likely to be due to observance of Hinoe-Uma (Elder Fire-Horse), which comes round every sixty years by zodiac almanac.
  • (14) The 40-foot Zodiac called the BS SHEEN that I donated to Mr [Sea Shepherd leader Paul] Watson’s tireless and heroic efforts, has been shamefully seized.
  • (15) Zodiac is a serial-killer movie where – spoiler alert, kids – they never find the culprit.
  • (16) The statistical analysis did not reveal any correlation between signs of the zodiac and personality.
  • (17) Across the world, other would-be saviours are taking advantage of the ­Chinese zodiac to press home the need for changes in consumption and development patterns.
  • (18) Though Fincher recoils at the thought of lumping Zuckerberg in with the loner sociopaths that populate much of his previous work – Seven , Fight Club , Panic Room , Zodiac – he steered Jesse Eisenberg , playing the lead, towards maximum opacity by making references to Robert De Niro's character in Taxi Driver.
  • (19) We investigated whether personality traits measured by means of the differentiated "Freiburger personality inventory" (FPI) could in any way be correlated to the signs of the zodiac under which the young men were born.
  • (20) There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body; zodiac signs usually change on the 23rd of the month; that crazy bomber dude in the film Airport even sat in seat 23.

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