Baphomet vs Devil - What's the difference?
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A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that pagans, the Knights Templar and (sometimes) Muslims worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
(theology) A creature of hell.
(theology) (the devil' ''or'' ' the Devil ) The chief devil; Satan.
The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
* The devil in me wants to let him suffer.
A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
* Those two kids are devils in a toy store.
A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
* That math problem was a devil .
(euphemistically, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
* What in the devil''' is that?'' ''What the '''devil is that?
* She is having a devil of a time fixing it.
* You can go to the devil for all I care.
A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil' and ' lucky devil .
A dust devil.
(religion, Christian Science) An evil or erring entity.
(dialectal, in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.Dictionary of Regional American English
(cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
* Sir Walter Scott
A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
To annoy or bother; to bedevil.
To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
* 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), page 401:
To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
* She's going to devil four dozen eggs for the picnic.
As proper nouns the difference between baphomet and devil
is that baphomet is a deity which medieval christians mistakenly imagined that pagans, the knights templar and (sometimes) muslims worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and satanic religions while devil is (theology) the chief devil; satan.baphomet
English
(wikipedia Baphomet)Proper noun
(en proper noun)devil
English
(wikipedia devil)Noun
(en noun)Word Detective: Tales from the berm
- devil strip
- Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron.
Synonyms
* (a creature of hell ): demon * (the chief devil''): Satan, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Old Nick, Old Scratch (''UK'' & ''US ), old-gooseberry, old gentleman * (thing awkward or difficult to understand or do''): bastard, bitch, bugger (''UK ), stinker * (wicked or naughty person ): imp, rascal, scamp, scoundrel * (as a euphemistic intensifier''): deuce (''euphemistic''), dickens (''euphemistic''), fuck (''only in senses with'' the ; ''taboo slang ), heck, hell * (a person, especially a man (as in "poor devil")''): bugger (''UK''), cow (''used of a woman''), sod (''UK )Antonyms
* (a creature of hell) angel, god * (the chief devil) God * (the bad part of the conscience) angel, conscience * (thing awkward or difficult to understand) cakewalk (US ), piece of cake, simplicity itself * (sense, wicked or naughty person') angel, saintDerived terms
* devil's luck * bedevil * better the devil you know * devilish, devillish * devilry, deviltry * a devil way * devil-may-care * the devil, you say! * the devil has all the best tunes * (the) devil is in the details * devil strip * * * devil dog * * * * devil's footstep * devil's lane * devil's own * * * devil's strip * (the) devil take the hindmost * * dust devil * folk devil * idle hands are the devil's workshop * the devil is in the details * give the devil his due * poor devil * speak of the devil * silver tongued devil * Tasmanian devil * what the devil * where the devil * who the devil * why the devil * how the devilVerb
- He did not repeat the scathing estimate of her character by Quatrefages, who at that time spent one afternoon a week devilling at the Consulate, keeping the petty-cash box in order.