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The sun is not a star. It's a sun.
Sun and Star are synonyms.
Here is the first sentence of the Wikipedia article for
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Here are the first two sentences for
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If it's a synonym, then that's would mean that every star is a sun, right?
Sure. That's how I understand the English Wikipedia. There are other types of stars in my native tongue at least. But as far as I understand, they are the same in English.
So give me your counter example
Not quite. The sun is a particular star. Specifically ours. Like how Polaris Aa/Ab/B (collectively the north or pole star) are the three stars at the center of their system.
Eh, Sun usually means the local star, while Earth's Sun in particular is named Sol.
Far better description, thank you.