Angel vs Jesus - What's the difference?
angel | jesus |
A divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.
* Ben Jonson
(Abrahamic tradition) The lowest order of angels, below virtues.
A selfless person.
(military slang) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.
A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
* Bible, Rev. ii. 1
(obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
(historical) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
(slang) To support by donating money.
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Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish man whom many Christians consider the son of God and call Jesus Christ in belief that he is the Messiah, and whom Muslims believe to be a prophet.
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*1971 (Ruth Rendell), No More Dying Then , Random House (2009), ISBN 9780099534853, page 195:
*:Frensham opened the door and called a name that sounded like 'Haysus'. Brandy was brought and various other bottles and decanters. When the manservant had gone, Frensham said, 'Odd, aren't they, the Spanish? Calling a boy Jesus .'
A Christian savior.
* William Revell Moody (ed.), "Record of Christian Work", 1913,
* Scot McKnight, "Jesus and His Death", 2005,
* Clinton Bennett, "In Search of Jesus", 2001,
* Depeche Mode, "Personal Jesus", from the album "Violator", 1989.
An artistic representation of a Christian savior.
An expletive, the use of which is considered blasphemous among some Christians.
As proper nouns the difference between angel and jesus
is that angel is while jesus is jesus.angel
English
(wikipedia angel)Alternative forms
* aynjel (Jamaican English)Noun
(en noun)- The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale.
- You made me breakfast in bed, you little angel .
- Climb to angels sixty.
- Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write.
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
*Hyponyms
* cherub, minion, power, principality, seraph, throneDerived terms
* angel's dram * angelfish * angelic * angel of death * angel of mercy * angelology * archangel * guardian angel * fallen angelDescendants
* Hawaiian:Verb
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Anagrams
* * * * ----jesus
English
Proper noun
(wikipedia Jesus) (en proper noun)Coordinate terms
* (religious founder) Muhammad, Buddha, Zoroaster, Rishabha, Baha'ullah, Moses, , Confucius * (deity) Allah, Vishnu, Ahura Mazda, Ra, Waheguru, Sage, Odin, Zeus, JahDerived terms
(terms derived from "Jesus") * Jesus boots * Jesus Christ * Jesus freak * Jesus of Nazareth * Jesus phone * Jesus pieceUsage notes
* The possessive of the Jesus may be either Jesus’s'' (pronounced with three syllables) or ''Jesus’ (pronounced with two syllables). The latter form was traditionally more common when referred to the Christian figure while the former is more common when referring to other people named Jesus, but both forms are attested in both cases. See .Noun
(Jesuses)p 441
- And, says George Eliot, and all who believe in her teaching, it is perfectly true that He is with us now in a dumb, vague, blessed impulse. Is that your Jesus'? If I may recall my illustration of the train, I will tell you of my ' Jesus .
p152
- ...leading Dom Crossan at times to the witty criticism that modern Jesus books are in a quest for who can say "my Jesus' is more Jewish than your ' Jesus "...
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- Your Jesus' is my ' Jesus' greatest enemy
- Your own personal Jesus
Interjection
(en interjection)- Jesus , that was close!