Faith vs Question - What's the difference?
faith | question |
A feeling, conviction, or belief that something is true or real, not contingent upon reason or justification.
A religious belief system.
An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal.
(obsolete) Credibility or truth.
* Mitford
A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
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, title= A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.
* Bible, John iii. 25
* Francis Bacon
A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
interrogation by torture
* Macaulay
(obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
To ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.
* Francis Bacon
To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
(obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between faith and question
is that faith is seer, soothsayer while question is a sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.As a verb question is
to ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.faith
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Alternative forms
* feith, feithe, fayth, faythe, faithe (obsolete)Noun
- Have faith that the criminal justice system will avenge the murder.
- I have faith that my prayers will be answered.
- I have faith in the healing power of crystals.
- The Christian faith .
- He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.
- I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.
- the faith of the foregoing narrative
Quotations
(English Citations of "faith")Synonyms
* belief, confidence, trust,ignorance, arrogance, conviction * (system of religious belief) religionHyponyms
* (religious belief system) Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Wicca, Eckankar, , Zoroastrianism, New Age, Unitarian Universalism, Jainism, Shinto, LaVeyan Satanism, Scientology, Taoism, Yoruba, Druidry, paganism, Juche, Cao Dai, Confucianism, Spiritism, humanism, Rastafarianism, TenrikyoDerived terms
* Attic faith * bad faith * faithful * faithfully * faithfulness * faith-healer * faithing * faithless * in faith * Punic faithExternal links
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(wikipedia question)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions' during my yarn, but every ' question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
- The story is true beyond question .
- He obeyed without question .
- There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
- It is to be to question , whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith.
- The Scottish privy council had power to put state prisoners to the question .
- Made she no verbal question ? Shakespeare King Lear ca. 1606
Synonyms
* inquiry, enquiry, query, subject, topic, problem, issue, consideration, interrogation, doubt, motion, proposition, proposalDerived terms
* a question of * begging the question * beyond question * bonus question * call into question * chicken-or-egg question * closed-ended question * cross-question * essay question * federal question * in question * indirect question * frequently asked questions/FAQ * leading question * loaded question * multiple-choice question * no questions asked * open question * open-ended question * out of the question * pop the question * previous question * questionable * questionist * questionless * questionnaire * question mark * question-master * question sheet * question time * reverse question * rhetorical question * scaled question * tag question * toss-up question * West Lothian question * yes-no questionVerb
- He that questioneth much shall learn much.
- I pray you, think you question with the Jew.