Jupiter vs. Zeus

Jupiter

noun

  1. Also called Jove. the supreme deity of the ancient Romans: the god of the heavens and of weather.

  2. Astronomy.,  the planet fifth in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 88,729 miles (142,796 km), a mean distance from the sun of 483.6 million miles (778.3 million km), a period of revolution of 11.86 years, and at least 14 moons. It is the largest planet in the solar system.

  3. Military.,  a medium-range U.S. ballistic missile of the 1950s, powered by a single liquid-fueled rocket engine.

Zeus

noun

  1. the supreme deity of the ancient Greeks, a son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, and Poseidon, and father of a number of gods, demigods, and mortals; the god of the heavens, identified by the Romans with Jupiter.