World vs. Global

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Worldnoun

(with "the") Human collective existence; existence in general.

Worldnoun

The Universe.

Worldnoun

The Earth.

Worldnoun

(countable) A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.

Worldnoun

(by extension) Any other astronomical body which many be inhabitable, such as a natural satellite.

Worldnoun

A very large extent of country.

Worldnoun

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

Worldnoun

An individual or group perspective or social setting.

Worldnoun

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

Worldnoun

(video games) A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme.

Worldnoun

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

Worldnoun

(informal) A great amount.

Worldnoun

(archaic) Age, era

Worldverb

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.

Worldverb

To make real; to make worldly.

Worldnoun

The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.

Worldnoun

Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds.

Worldnoun

The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests.

Worldnoun

In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world.

Worldnoun

The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world.

Worldnoun

Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew.

Worldnoun

The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind.

Worldnoun

The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind.

Worldnoun

As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number.

Worldnoun

all of the inhabitants of the earth;

Worldnoun

everything that exists anywhere;

Worldnoun

all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you;

Worldnoun

people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest;

Worldnoun

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live;

Worldnoun

the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife;

Worldnoun

a part of the earth that can be considered separately;

Worldnoun

people in general considered as a whole;

Worldadjective

involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope;

Worldnoun

the earth, together with all of its countries and peoples

Worldnoun

all of the people and societies on the earth

Worldnoun

denoting one of the most important people or things of their class

Worldnoun

another planet like the earth

Worldnoun

a particular region or group of countries

Worldnoun

a particular period of history

Worldnoun

a particular group of living things

Worldnoun

all that relates to a particular sphere of activity

Worldnoun

one's life and activities

Worldnoun

human and social interaction

Worldnoun

secular or material matters as opposed to spiritual ones

Worldnoun

a stage of human life, either mortal or after death

World

In its most general sense, the term refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that was, is and will be. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields.

Globaladjective

Spherical, ball-shaped.

Globaladjective

(not comparable) Of or relating to a globe or sphere.

Globaladjective

Concerning all parts of the world.

Globaladjective

Of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program.

Globaladjective

Which has to be considered in its entirety.

Globalnoun

(computing) A globally scoped identifier.

Global

involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; as, global war; global monetary policy.

Global

shaped like a globe; spherical.

Global

broad in scope or content; comprehensive. Opposite of noncomprehensive.

Global

Accessible and effective throughout an entire computer program, rather than in only one subroutine; - used of variables; as, global variable. Opposite of local.

Globaladjective

involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope;

Globaladjective

having the shape of a sphere or ball;

Globaladjective

relating to the whole world; worldwide

Globaladjective

relating to or encompassing the whole of something, or of a group of things

Globaladjective

operating or applying through the whole of a file, program, etc.

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