What is the difference between enigma and mystery?
enigma | mystery |
Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
A riddle, or a difficult problem.
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
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* (Jonathan Swift) (1667โ1745)
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, chapter=5 (label) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.
A secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated.
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As nouns the difference between enigma and mystery
is that enigma is something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable while mystery is something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.As a proper noun Enigma
is a German device used during World War II to encode strategic messages.enigma
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(wikipedia enigma)Alternative forms
* (chiefly archaic)Noun
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Noun
(mysteries)F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.}}
- If God should please to reveal unto us this great mystery of the Trinity, or some other mysteries in our holy religion, we should not be able to understand them, unless he would bestow on us some new faculties of the mind.
citation, passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery .}}