Enlightenment vs Pointer - What's the difference?
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An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
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Anything that points or is used for pointing.
A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.
A breed of hunting dog.
(programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.
(computing) An icon that indicates the position of the mouse; a cursor.
A tip, a bit of advice (usually plural.)
(in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.
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As nouns the difference between enlightenment and pointer
is that enlightenment is an act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed while pointer is anything that points or is used for pointing.As a proper noun Enlightenment
is a 17th and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason emphasizing rationalism.enlightenment
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(en-noun)Synonyms
* epiphany * satoripointer
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(en noun)- The instructor gave me some pointers on writing a good paper.
- a ten-pointer
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