Beatitude vs Felicity - What's the difference?
beatitude | felicity | Synonyms |
(uncountable) Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
* 1887 , Arthur Conan Doyle, , part 1, chapter 6
Any one of the Biblical blessings given by Jesus in Matthew 5:3–12. E.g.: "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth"(Matthew 5:5).
Happiness.
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Apt and pleasing style in writing, speech, etc.
Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt.
(Semiotics/semiology) Reproduction of a sign with fidelity. eg. "The quotation was rendered with felicity."
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 7, author=Joshua Ferris, title=Table for Two, work=New York Times
, passage=The season’s main attraction, the felicities of the sun, dimmed in the light of our competition and our growing friendliness. }}
Beatitude is a synonym of felicity.
As a noun beatitude
is bliss, beatitude.As a proper noun felicity is
.beatitude
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(en noun)- Here is Gregson coming down the road with beatitude written upon every feature of his face.
felicity
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