Deity vs Pagan - What's the difference?
deity | pagan |
The state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.10:
A divine being; a god or goddess.
Relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-Abrahamist religions, especially earlier polytheism.
(by extension, pejorative) Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.
A person not adhering to any major or recognized religion, especially a heathen or non-Abrahamist, follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion, neopagan.
(by extension) (perjoritive, politically incorrect ) An uncivilized or unsocialized person
(perjoritive, politically incorrect ) Especially an unruly, badly educated child.
As a noun deity
is the state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead.As a proper noun pagan is
or pagan can be (dated) the city of bagan, myanmar.As an adjective pagan is
pertaining to the city or kingdom of pagan.deity
English
(wikipedia deity)Noun
(deities)- Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee .
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* household deitySee also
* cosmocrat * deism * god * godliness * theismReferences
pagan
English
Adjective
(-)- ''Many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints.
Usage notes
* When referring to modern paganism, the term is now often capitalized, like other terms referring to religions.Synonyms
* (religion) heathenish * (civilisation) barbarian, barbaric (pejorative)Antonyms
* (religion) Abrahamist, Judeo-ChristianHyponyms
* pantheistic * nature-worshipping * neo-paganDerived terms
* paganism * neopagan * paganlyNoun
(en noun)- This community has a surprising number of pagans .