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What is the difference between cherub and angel?

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Angel is a hyponym of cherub.

Angel is a synonym of cherub.



As nouns the difference between cherub and angel

is that cherub is a winged creature represented over 90 times in the Bible as attending on God, later seen as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim. First mention is in while angel is a divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.

As a verb angel is

to support by donating money.

As a proper noun Angel is

a given name derived from Ancient Greek used since 16th century, from Latin Angelus or an anglicized spelling of Ángel.

cherub

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A winged creature represented over 90 times in the Bible as attending on God, later seen as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim. First mention is in Genesis 3:24
  • A statue or other depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child.
  • (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly innocent or angelic.

    • Derived terms

    * cherubic

    Synonyms

    * (winged child) cupid, putto, amoretto * (innocent or angelic person) angel, innocent

    angel

    English

    (wikipedia angel)

    Alternative forms

    * aynjel (Jamaican English)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale.
  • (Abrahamic tradition) The lowest order of angels, below virtues.
  • A selfless person.
    • You made me breakfast in bed, you little angel .
  • (military slang) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
    • Climb to angels sixty.
  • An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.
  • A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
  • * Bible, Rev. ii. 1
    • Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write.
  • (obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (historical) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.

    • Synonyms

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    Hyponyms

    * cherub, minion, power, principality, seraph, throne

    Derived terms

    * angel's dram * angelfish * angelic * angel of death * angel of mercy * angelology * archangel * guardian angel * fallen angel

    Related terms

    * evangelist * evangelize

    Descendants

    * Hawaiian:

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To support by donating money.
  • * {{quote-journal, year=1984
    • , title=American Magazine , volume=118 citation , page=88 , passage=You've got to come to Chicago to meet Duell, and see Wilson, who's going to angel the show.}}

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