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Deity vs Bel - What's the difference?

deity | bel |

As nouns the difference between deity and bel

is that deity is the state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead while bel is water.

deity

English

(wikipedia deity)

Noun

(deities)
  • The state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.10:
    • Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee .
  • A divine being; a god or goddess.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * household deity

    Related terms

    * deicide * deify

    See also

    * cosmocrat * deism * god * godliness * theism

    References

    Anagrams

    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    bel

    English

    (wikipedia bel)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A measure of relative power, defined as log10(P 1/P 2), where P1 and P2 are the measured and reference power respectively. See also decibel.

    • References

    * Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary English eponyms ----