Apostasy vs Departing - What's the difference?
apostasy | departing |
The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.
* 1871 , James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth , page 394
*1886 , , The Princess Casamassima .
*:What had he said, what had he done, after all, to give them the right to fasten on him the charge of apostasy ? He had always been a free critic of everything, and it was natural that, on certain occasions, in the little parlour in Lisson Grove, he should have spoken in accordance with that freedom; but it was only with the Princess that he had permitted himself really to rail at the democracy and given the full measure of his scepticism.
Specifically, the renunciation of one's religion or faith.
that is leaving
while leaving
The act by which somebody or something departs.
* 2011 , Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)
As nouns the difference between apostasy and departing
is that apostasy is the renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs while departing is the act by which somebody or something departs.As a verb departing is
.As an adjective departing is
that is leaving.apostasy
English
Noun
(apostasies)- The King of Navarre suddenly abandoned his party and went over to the Catholics. The explanation of his apostasy was as simple as it was base: Navarre had no confidence in the success of his cause, and he cared little in his heart for anything but women and vanity.
Synonyms
* (renunciation of religion or faith) backsliding, conversion, deconversion * (renunciation of a set of beliefs) defection, disaffection, estrangementSee also
* deconvert * thoughtcrimeExternal links
* (wikipedia "apostasy")departing
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(head)- a departing train
- departing words
Noun
(en noun)- But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.