Heavenly vs Rapt - What's the difference?
heavenly | rapt | Related terms |
Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions; good, beautiful, glorious, pleasurable.
Of or pertaining to the heavens or sky, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets and stars.
Of or pertaining to the kingdom of God; divine.
* 1817 , (author-editor), Speech in the Case of O?Mullan v. M?Korkill'', ''The Speeches of Charles Phillips ,
Extremely beautiful or pleasurable.
* 1880 , '', ''The Works of Mark Twain: Authorized Uniform Edition , Volume 1,
In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.
*, II.12:
To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.
* 2003 , Ruben Soto, Fiesta for the Hispanic Soul , p. 136:
(uncomparable, archaic) Snatched, taken away; abducted.
* Chapman
* Sir H. Wotton
(uncomparable) Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
(comparable) Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.
* 1851-2 , , The Necromancer'', in ''Reynolds?s Miscellany , republished 1857; 2008,
* 1906 , '', ''Works of Ford Madox Ford , 2011,
* 1908 ,
* 1998 , Derel Leebaert, Present at the Creation'', Derek Leebaert (editor), ''The Future of the Electronic Marketplace ,
(comparable) Enthusiatic; ecstatic, elated, happy.
* Addison
* 1996 , James Richard Giles, Wanda H. Giles, American Novelists Since World War II: Fifth Series ,
* 2010 , Michael Reichert, Richard Hawley, Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys: Strategies that Work—and Why , John Wiley & Sons, US,
* 2010 , , I Came to Say Goodbye ,
* 2012 , Greig Caigou, Wild Horizons: More Great Hunting Adventures , HarperCollins (New Zealand),
(obsolete) To transport or ravish.
(obsolete) To carry away by force.
(obsolete) An ecstasy; a trance.
(obsolete) rapidity
Heavenly is a related term of rapt.
As adjectives the difference between heavenly and rapt
is that heavenly is of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions; good, beautiful, glorious, pleasurable while rapt is (uncomparable|archaic) snatched, taken away; abducted.As an adverb heavenly
is in a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.As a verb rapt is
(obsolete) to transport or ravish.As a noun rapt is
(obsolete) an ecstasy; a trance.heavenly
English
Adjective
(en-adj)page 131,
- No doubt, you have all personally considered — no doubt, you have all personally experienced, that of all the blessings which it has pleased Providence to allow us to cultivate, there is not one which breathes a purer fragrance, or bears an heavenlier aspect than education.
- Oh, please continue giving me a massage - it?s absolutely heavenly .
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- So he flew down and got that acorn, and fetched it up and dropped it in, and was just tilting his head back, with the heavenliest smile on his face, when all of a sudden he was paralyzed into a listening attitude and that smile faded gradually out of his countenance like breath off?n a razor, and the queerest look of surprise took its place.
Synonyms
* (of or pertaining to the heaven of any of many religions) * celestial * (of or pertaining to the Kingdom of God) divine * (extremely beautiful or pleasurable) beatific, divineDerived terms
* heavenly bodyAdverb
(en adverb)- by night [she] saw that God in her armes, saying moreover unto her, that the next day, the first man she met withall, should heavenly pay her her wages.
- Then, we taste the refried beans and the rice, and they are so heavenly delicious.
rapt
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt / The whirring chariot.
- From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund Francis Bacon, to Redgrove.
- The children watched in rapt attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat.
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- It was an enthusiasm of the most rapt and holy kind.
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- Her expression grew more rapt ; she paused as if she had lost the thread of the words and then spoke again, gazing far out over the hall as jugglers do in performing feats of balancing:.
- The Rat never answered, if indeed he heard. Rapt , transported, trembling, he was possessed in all his senses by this new divine thing that caught up his helpless soul and swung and dandled it, a powerless but happy infant in a strong sustaining grasp.
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- He was rapt with his exam results.
- I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears.
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- Creatures who navigate long-distance migrations — including the green turtles, wind birds, or great cranes — draw his most rapt commentaries.
page 121,
- Even in the most rapt accounts of independent student work, there appears an appreciative acknowledgment of the teacher?s having determined just the right amount of room necessary to build autonomy without risking frustration and failure.
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- One bloke I met in the pub was the owner of the local meatworks. He was rapt' to have the Sudanese, and if 1600 more were coming – that was the rumour – well, he?d have been even more ' rapt .
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- These are worthy aspects of the hunt to give some consideration to with the next generation, because market forces want us to get more rapt with ever more sophisticated gear and an algorithmic conquering of animal instinct.
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(en verb)- (Drayton)
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Noun
(en noun)- (Bishop Morton)
- (Sir Thomas Browne)