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Orbituary vs Obituary - What's the difference?

orbituary | obituary |

As an adjective orbituary

is orbital.

As a noun obituary is

a brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper.

orbituary

English

Adjective

(-)
  • orbital
  • * 1907 , Official gazette of the United States Patent Office
  • In an engine, the combination of an expansion-chamber and piston therefor, means supporting said chamber and piston for orbituary movement
    (Webster 1913)

    obituary

    Noun

    (obituaries)
  • A brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper.
  • A biography of a recently deceased person, written by a journalist and published in a newspaper.
  • See also

    * necrology (listing of people who have died during a specific period of time)