Microcosm vs. Macrocosm: What's the Difference?

A small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development

The entire world; the universe.

Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature.

A system reflecting on a large scale one of its component systems or parts.

(obsolete) The human body; a person.

(philosophy) A complex structure, such as a society, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar, smaller-scale structures.

A smaller system which is seen as representative of a larger one.

(used absolutely) The universe.

(ecology) A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model.

The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; - contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm.

A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm.

Everything that exists anywhere;

A relatively small object or system considered as representative of a larger system of which it is part, exhibiting many features of the complete system.

A miniature model of something