Epiphany vs Vision - What's the difference?
epiphany | vision |
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).
(label) The sense or ability of sight.
Something seen; an object perceived visually.
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, chapter=7, title= (label) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
(label) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
(label) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
(label) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
(label) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
As nouns the difference between epiphany and vision
is that epiphany is a manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being while vision is the sense or ability of sight.As a verb vision is
to imagine something as if it were to be true.epiphany
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(epiphanies)Synonyms
* (illuminating realization or discovery) aha moment, enlightenment, nirvana, satoriSee also
* Advent * Christmas * eureka * Twelve Days of Christmasvision
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(wikipedia vision)Noun
- For to a vision so apparent rumour / Cannot be mute
The Lonely Pyramid, passage=It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!}}
- (John Locke)