What is the difference between godlike and divine?
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Having the characteristics of a god.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1895
, title =
, author = H. L. Mencken (translator)
, original = Der Antichrist
, by = (Friedrich Nietzsche)
, section = ยง48
, passage = Man himself had been his greatest'' blunder; he had created a rival to himself; science makes men ''godlike โ 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), โโ:
* {{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.
}}
of or pertaining to a god
eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
of superhuman or surpassing excellence
beautiful, heavenly
(obsolete) foreboding; prescient
* Milton
Relating to divinity or theology.
* South
One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
* Denham
A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
* J. Woodbridge
God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept
to foretell (something), especially by the use of divination
* Bancroft
* Shakespeare
to guess (something)
* 1874 ,
* 1919 ,
* 2005 , .
to search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod
To render divine; to deify.
* Spenser
Divine is a synonym of godlike.
As adjectives the difference between godlike and divine
is that godlike is having the characteristics of a god while divine is of or pertaining to a god.As a noun divine is
one skilled in divinity; a theologian.As a verb divine is
to foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.godlike
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep / Of godlike hardship tells me I must die / Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.
Anagrams
*divine
English
(wikipedia divine)Etymology 1
From (etyl) divin, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, / Misgave him.
- church history and other divine learning
Synonyms
* (of or pertaining to a god) deific, godlike, godly * (sense) hallowed, holy, sacred * (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) supreme, ultimate * (sense) beautiful, delightful, exquisite, heavenly, lovely, magnificent, marvellous/marvelous, splendid, wonderfulAntonyms
* (of or pertaining to a god) undivine, ungodly * (sense) godless, secular, ungodly * (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) humdrum, mediocre, ordinary * (sense) horrible, horrid, nasty, unpleasantDerived terms
* all-divine * argument from divine hiddenness * Book of Divine Worship * * * countenance divine * * divine afflatus * * divine command theory * divine countenance * divine fallacy * divine grace * divine guidance * divine healing * divine inspiration * divine intervention * divine judgement, divine judgment * divine kings * divine kingship * divine lady * divine language * divine law * * Divine Liturgy * divinely * Divine Mercy Sunday * divine messenger * Divine Mind * Divine Mother * divine move * Divine Mystery * divineness * Divine Office, divine office * divine polity * The Divine Praises * divine proportion * Divine Providence * divine ratio * divine retribution * divine revelation * divine right * divine rule * divine section * divine service * divine simplicity * divine spark * divinesse * * divine will healing * * Feast of the Divine Mercy * * indivine * Mother Divine * Revelation of Saint John the Divine * semi-divine, semidivine * * subdivine * * undivine * undivinelikeNoun
(en noun)- Poets were the first divines .
- The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.
Synonyms
* (sense) clergyman, cleric, man of the cloth, theologian * (a deity) deity, god, God, Allah (Muslim)Derived terms
* archdivine * school-divineEtymology 2
From (etyl) deviner, from (etyl) divino.Verb
(divin)- a sagacity which divined the evil designs
- Darest thou divine his downfall?
- no secret can be told
To any who divined it not before
- If in the loneliness of his studio he wrestled desperately with the Angel of the Lord he never allowed a soul to divine his anguish.
- I suppose that we truly are divining that what is is some third thing when we say that change and stability are.
- Living on earth like angel new divined .