Epiphany vs Thought - What's the difference?
epiphany | thought |
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).
Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
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, passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts , and I by others not less disturbing.}}
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, title= (uncountable) The process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking.
* (Paul Fix)
A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
(think)
As nouns the difference between epiphany and thought
is that epiphany is a manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being while thought is form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.As a verb thought is
past tense of think.epiphany
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Noun
(epiphanies)Synonyms
* (illuminating realization or discovery) aha moment, enlightenment, nirvana, satoriSee also
* Advent * Christmas * eureka * Twelve Days of Christmasthought
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Alternative forms
* (l) (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia thought) (en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts .}}
- The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.