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Divination vs Revelation - What's the difference?

divination | revelation |

As nouns the difference between divination and revelation

is that divination is (uncountable) the act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events while revelation is revelation.

divination

English

(wikipedia divination)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
  • The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
  • (countable) An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * star divination

    Related terms

    * divine * predivination

    See also

    * (Methods of divination) ----

    revelation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia revelation) (en noun)
  • The act of revealing or disclosing.
  • Something that is revealed.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.
  • Something dramatically disclosed.
  • (theology) A manifestation of divine truth.
  • A great success.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 21, author=Jonathan Jurejko, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , passage=The 26-year-old has proved a revelation since his £10m move from Freiburg, with his 11 goals in 10 matches hauling Newcastle above Spurs, who went down to Adel Taarabt's goal in Saturday's late kick-off at Loftus Road.}}

    Related terms

    * reveal