Hidden vs Supernatural - What's the difference?
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That has been moved out of sight. Invisible or unapparent.
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That has been hidden.
Above nature; that which is beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that which humans are born with. In Roman Catholic theology, is considered to be a supernatural addition to human nature.
Not of the usual; not natural; altered by forces that are not understood fully if at all.
Neither visible nor measurable.
(countable) A supernatural being.
(uncountable) Supernatural beings and events collectively.
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Hidden is a related term of supernatural.
As adjectives the difference between hidden and supernatural
is that hidden is that has been moved out of sight invisible or unapparent while supernatural is above nature; that which is beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that which humans are born with in roman catholic theology, is considered to be a supernatural addition to human nature.As a verb hidden
is .As a noun supernatural is
(countable) a supernatural being.hidden
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(head)Adjective
(en adjective)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.}}
It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
Synonyms
* SeeAntonyms
* Seesupernatural
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The house is haunted by supernatural forces.
Synonyms
* extraordinary, paranormal, preternatural, supranatural, unnaturalAntonyms
* ordinary * naturalNoun
(en noun)- Dr Johnson defended Shakespeare's use of the supernatural from the charge of implausibility on the grounds that, "The reality of witchcraft … has in all ages and countries been credited by the common people, and in most by the learned."
