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Beatitude vs Felicity - What's the difference?

beatitude | felicity | Synonyms |

Beatitude is a synonym of felicity.


As a noun beatitude

is bliss, beatitude.

As a proper noun felicity is

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beatitude

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
  • * 1887 , Arthur Conan Doyle, , part 1, chapter 6
  • Here is Gregson coming down the road with beatitude written upon every feature of his face.
  • 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).
  • felicity

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Happiness.
  • *
  • 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 citation
  • , passage=The season’s main attraction, the felicities of the sun, dimmed in the light of our competition and our growing friendliness. }}

    Antonyms

    * (happiness) infelicity

    Derived terms

    * felicific * felicitate * felicitation * felicitous