Angelic vs Ethereal - What's the difference?
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Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.
* 1667 : , Paradise Lost , book VII
* 1862 : ,
Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.
* 1733 : ,
Delicate, light and airy.
As adjectives the difference between angelic and ethereal
is that angelic is belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel while ethereal is pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.angelic
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Alternative forms
* angelick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- an angelic ester
Synonyms
* angelical, angellike, angelly, heavenly, divineDerived terms
* angelicnessAnagrams
*ethereal
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Alternative forms
* aethereal * aetherial * * (obsolete) * * (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger.
Walking.
- I trust that we shall be more imaginative, that our thoughts will be clearer, fresher, and more ethereal , as our sky,...
An Essay on Man
- Vast chain of being, which from God began, Natures ethereal , human, angel, man.