Epiphany vs Recognition - What's the difference?
epiphany | recognition |
A manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being.
An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
(Christianity) Season or time of the Christian church year from the Epiphany feast day to Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday), the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent (See Epiphany).
the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
an awareness that something observed has been observed before
acceptance as valid or true
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official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country
honour, favourable note, or attention
As nouns the difference between epiphany and recognition
is that epiphany is the appearance of jesus christ to the three magi on the twelfth day after christmas while recognition is the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized.epiphany
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(epiphanies)Synonyms
* (illuminating realization or discovery) aha moment, enlightenment, nirvana, satoriSee also
* Advent * Christmas * eureka * Twelve Days of Christmasrecognition
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(en-noun)- He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
- Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition ; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.
- The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
- The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.