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Deity vs Immanence - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between deity and immanence

is that deity is the state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead while immanence is the state of being immanent; inherency.

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

    immanence

    English

    (wikipedia immanence)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of being immanent; inherency.
  • The state of dwelling within and not extending beyond a given domain.
  • (philosophy, metaphysics, theology) The concept of the presence of deity in and throughout the real world; the idea that God is everywhere and in everything. Contrast (transcendence).

    • Synonyms

    * immanency

    Usage notes

    Not to be confused with (imminence) or .

    See also

    * transcendence