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Babylonian vs Ishtar - What's the difference?

babylonian | ishtar |

As proper nouns the difference between babylonian and ishtar

is that babylonian is a later form of Akkadian language spoken in Babylonia in 1950 BC – 100 AD while Ishtar is a goddess of fertility, love, sex and war. In the Babylonian pantheon, she was the divine personification of the planet Venus; the Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to the northwest-Semitic goddess Astarte.

As an adjective Babylonian

is of or pertaining to the real (or to the mystical) Babylon.

As a noun Babylonian

is an inhabitant of the city of Babylon.

babylonian

English

(wikipedia Babylonian)

Adjective

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  • Of or pertaining to the real (or to the mystical) Babylon
  • Of or pertaining to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldea.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inhabitant of the city of Babylon.
  • An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
  • An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A later form of Akkadian language spoken in Babylonia in 1950 BC – 100 AD.

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    ishtar

    English

    (wikipedia Ishtar)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A goddess of fertility, love, sex and war. In the Babylonian pantheon, she was the divine personification of the planet Venus; the Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to the northwest-Semitic goddess Astarte.

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