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Divinity vs Joss - What's the difference?

divinity | joss |

As nouns the difference between divinity and joss

is that divinity is (uncountable) the property of being divine, of being like a god or god while joss is a chinese household divinity; a chinese idol.

divinity

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The property of being divine, of being like a god or God.
  • * Shakespeare
  • They say there is divinity in odd numbers.
  • (countable) A deity.
  • A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man.
  • * Cheyne
  • God employing these subservient divinities
  • (uncountable) The study of religion or religions.
  • Harvard Divinity School has been teaching theology since 1636.
  • A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.
  • Synonyms

    * (property of being divine ): godliness, godship * (deity ): deity, god, godship * (study ): godlore, theology

    Derived terms

    * Bachelor of Divinity * case divinity * divinitise, divinitize * divinity bindings * divinity calf, divinity-calf * divinity fudge * divinity hall * divinity school * divinityship * Doctor of Divinity * * indivinity * * Master of Divinity * * * school-divinity * systematic divinity

    joss

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
  • Luck.
  • * 1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 178:
  • She had twisted a piece of heather into her mail box for good joss , and this was the safety signal.

    Derived terms

    * joss stick * joss paper * joss house

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