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Cognoscente vs Oracle - What's the difference?

cognoscente | oracle |

As nouns the difference between cognoscente and oracle

is that cognoscente is someone possessing superior or specialized knowledge in a particular field; a connoisseur while oracle is a shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.

As a verb oracle is

to utter oracles or prophecies.

As a proper noun Oracle is

a database management system (and its associated software) developed by the Oracle Corporation

cognoscente

English

Noun

(cognoscenti)
  • Someone possessing superior or specialized knowledge in a particular field; a connoisseur.
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    Related terms

    * cognition * cognizance ----

    oracle

    English

    (wikipedia oracle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
  • * Milton:
    • The oracles are dumb; / No voice or hideous hum / Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving.
  • A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.
  • A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
  • * Drayton:
    • Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must stand.
  • A person considered to be a source of wisdom.
    • a literary oracle
  • * Macaulay:
    • The country rectors thought him an oracle on points of learning.
  • * Tennyson:
    • oracles of mode
  • A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
  • One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
  • * Milton:
    • God hath now sent his living oracle / Into the world to teach his final will.
  • (computing theory) A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.
  • (Jewish antiquity) The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
  • * Milton:
    • Siloa's brook, that flow'd / Fast by the oracle of God.
  • * Bible , 1 Kings 6:19, King James Version:
    • And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

    Derived terms

    * oracle machine

    Synonyms

    * (priest acting as conduit of prophecy) prophet * (person who is a source of wisdom) expert

    Verb

    (oracl)
  • (obsolete) To utter oracles or prophecies.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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