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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Difference in usage: nebulous vs. nubilous? #181773 01/16/2009 1:28 PM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 Typer stranger Typer stranger Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 It seems the meaning of nebulous and nubilous are almost the same. When would you use nubilous instead of nebulous? What are the different connotations of the two words? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Difference in usage: nebulous vs. nubilous? Typer #181775 01/16/2009 1:38 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh They are not related; see my post to a previous thread (link). Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Difference in usage: nebulous vs. nubilous? Typer #181788 01/16/2009 4:39 PM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 BSMason stranger BSMason stranger Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 I also would like an answer to this question. It seems to me that "nebulous" gets its meaning from "nebula" and therefore would imply the unclarity of indefinite, or not well well defined. Nebulae are called so because they are cloudy like, but not so much in the sense of hard to see through as much as not well defined edges and such. "Nubilous" on the other hand is cloudy or misty as in cannot be clearly seen through, or hard to identify objects in. They both seem to have similar etymologies, but one took a cultural detour through space. That's my guess. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Difference in usage: nebulous vs. nubilous? BSMason #181852 01/18/2009 6:55 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Two separate words with different meanings as zmjezhd points out. Glad to see you here and hope you find your stay worthwhile, BSMason. Be welcome. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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