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Canaanite vs Enlil - What's the difference?

canaanite | enlil |

As proper nouns the difference between canaanite and enlil

is that canaanite is an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before its conquest by Israelites while Enlil is chief deity listed and written about in ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite, Canaanite and other Mesopotamian clay and stone tablets; the god of breath, wind, loft, and breadth.

As a noun Canaanite

is a member of the ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before its conquest by Israelites.

As an adjective Canaanite

is of or pertaining to the people or language of Canaan.

canaanite

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • An ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before its conquest by Israelites.
  • A subfamily of the Semitic languages, which were spoken by the ancient peoples of the Canaan region, including Canaanites, Israelites, Phoenicians, and Philistines.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before its conquest by Israelites.
  • (by extension) A zealot or fanatic.
  • A member of the Canaanism movement.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the people or language of Canaan.
  • Of or pertaining to this sect or its followers; Canaanitic
  • (by extension) zealous or fanatical.
  • References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

    enlil

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • chief deity listed and written about in ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Hittite, Canaanite and other Mesopotamian clay and stone tablets; the god of breath, wind, loft, and breadth