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Incorporeality vs Apparition - What's the difference?

incorporeality | apparition | Related terms |

Incorporeality is a related term of apparition.


As nouns the difference between incorporeality and apparition

is that incorporeality is the state or characteristic of being incorporeal while apparition is an act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

incorporeality

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state or characteristic of being incorporeal.
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  • * 2003 , , Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview , ISBN 9780830826940, p. 507:
    • God's immateriality entails the divine attribute of incorporeality , that God is neither a body nor embodied.

    Synonyms

    * disembodiedness * incorporeity

    apparition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
    • The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. – .
    The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. – .
  • The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
    • Which apparition , it seems, was you. – Tatler.
  • An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
    • The heavenly bands . . . a glorious apparition. – .
    I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition . –
  • (astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;—opposed to occultation.

    • Synonyms

    * (act of becoming visible) appearance * (a preternatural appearance) vision * See also

    Related terms

    * apparent * appearance