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Godlike vs Celestial - What's the difference?

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Godlike is a related term of celestial.


As adjectives the difference between godlike and celestial

is that godlike is having the characteristics of a god while celestial is relating to heaven in a religious sense.

As a noun celestial is

an inhabitant of heaven or celestial can be (obsolete|sometimes|capitalized) a native of china.

godlike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the characteristics of a god.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1895 , title = , author = H. L. Mencken (translator) , original = Der Antichrist , by = (Friedrich Nietzsche) , section = §48 , passage = Man himself had been his greatest'' blunder; he had created a rival to himself; science makes men ''godlike — it is all up with priests and gods when man becomes scientific! }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 1990-09-01 , title = (The Vor Game) , first = Lois McMaster , last = Bujold , authorlink = Lois McMaster Bujold , publisher = Baen Books , isbn = 9780671720148 , ol = 7663039M , passage = When a normal ensign looked at his commander, he ought to see a godlike being, not a, a... future subordinate. }}
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 2001-07-14 , title = , series = (Farscape) , season = 3 , number = 12 , people = (Ben Browder) , role = John Crichton , passage = Godlike' aliens! Man, do I hate '''godlike''' aliens! I'll trade a critter for a ' godlike alien, any day! }}
  • Characteristic of a god.
  • * 1817 , (John Keats), “”:
    • And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep / Of godlike hardship tells me I must die / Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1850 , title = A Few Thoughts for a Young Man , first = Horace , last = Mann , authorlink = Horace Mann , passage = Beneficence is godlike , and he who does most good to his fellow-man is the Master of Masters, and has learned the Art of Arts. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1949 , year_published = 1965 , title = The Time Axis , first = Henry , last = Kuttner , authorlink = Henry Kuttner , ol = 22036162M , passage = It took the combined skills of three great civilizations far apart in time to frame that godlike concept in which the tangible universe itself was only a single factor. }}

    Anagrams

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    celestial

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (qualifier)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) celestial, from .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to heaven in a religious sense.
    • (Milton)
  • Relating to the sky or space.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The twelve celestial signs.
  • (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.
  • * {{quote-journal , year=1974 , date=February , title=A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee , journal=Ensign citation
    • , passage=We are now living and obeying celestial' laws that will make us candidates for ' celestial glory.}}
  • * {{quote-journal , year=1997 , date=November , author=Richard J. Maynes , title=A Celestial Connection to Your Teenage Years , journal=Ensign citation
    • , passage=How will you make it through your teenage years spiritually prepared for your celestial' future? How will you connect your ' celestial goals with your everyday life?}}
    Synonyms
    * (Relating to heaven in a religious sense) divine, heavenly, spiritual
    Derived terms
    * celestial body * Celestial Empire * celestial equator * celestial globe * celestial guidance * celestial horizon * celestial latitude * celestial longitude * celestial navigation * celestial peace * celestial pole * celestial sphere

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inhabitant of heaven.
  • * {{quote-book , year=1913 , author=Horace Coffin Stanton , title=Telepathy of the Celestial World citation
    • , passage=For the celestials communicate by the psychic dispatch. Scriptures prove that. }}

    Etymology 2

    From Celestial Empire, a formerly used name for China.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, sometimes, capitalized) A native of China.
  • * {{quote-book , year=1897 , author=Joseph Llewelyn Thomas , title=Journeys Among the Gentle Japs in the Summer of 1895 , chapter=The North Pacific citation
    • , passage=Three celestials died during the voyage, and, in accordance with the contract, their remains were embalmed and carried on to China.}}
  • (obsolete, slang) by extension, an East Asian person.

    • References

    * * * Kingdoms of Glory on LDS.org. ----