Environment vs. Atmosphere
Difference Between Environment and Atmosphere
Environmentnoun
The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.
Atmospherenoun
The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
Environmentnoun
The natural world or ecosystem.
Atmospherenoun
The air in a particular place.
Environmentnoun
All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.
Atmospherenoun
The apparent mood felt in an environment.
Environmentnoun
A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.
Atmospherenoun
A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)
Environmentnoun
(computing) The software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system.
That program uses the Microsoft Windows environment.Atmospherenoun
a particular environment or surrounding influence;
there was an atmosphere of excitementEnvironmentnoun
(programming) The environment of a function at a point during the execution of a program is the set of identifiers in the function's scope and their bindings at that point.
Atmospherenoun
a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
Environmentnoun
(computing) The set of variables and their values in a namespace that an operating system associates with a process.
Atmospherenoun
the mass of air surrounding the Earth;
there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphereit was exposed to the airEnvironmentnoun
the totality of surrounding conditions;
he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroomAtmospherenoun
the weather or climate at some place;
the atmosphere was thick with fogEnvironmentnoun
the area in which something exists or lives;
the country--the flat agricultural surroundAtmospherenoun
the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
Atmospherenoun
a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing;
an air of mysterythe house had a neglected airan atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquartersthe place had an aura of romance
