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Daemon vs Deity - What's the difference?

daemon | deity |

As nouns the difference between daemon and deity

is that daemon is alternative form of lang=en while deity is the state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead.

daemon

English

Alternative forms

* * daimon

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncommon)
    • Derived terms
    * daemonic
    Related terms
    * cacodemon * cacodaemon * cacodemonic * cacodaemonic * cacodaemoniacal

    Etymology 2

    From ; a derivation from "disk and execution (monitor)" is generally considered a backronym.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.
    • Usage notes
    * (Unix) Often a daemon will be a server.
    See also
    * background process

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    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