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Solstice is the beginning of winter and summer. The term solstice means "Sun stands still" and are June and December 21st when the days get shorter and longer. While equinox is the beginning of fall and spring. It also refers the equal time of day and night.

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solstice: comes from words for the Sunand standing. There are two, the two days of the year on which the noon sun is directly overhead at either 23.5 degrees South or 23.5 North.

equinox: comes from the words for equal night. There are also two each year: the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the Sun. The axis of the Earth's rotation is in a plane perpendicular th the ecliptic (the plan of the Earth's orbit around the Sun)

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