Holy vs Diving - What's the difference?
holy | diving |
Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
Revered in a religion.
Perfect or flawless.
Separated or set apart from (something unto something or someone else).
Set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose, or for use by a single entity or person.
(slang) Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
(archaic) A thing that is extremely holy; used almost exclusively in (Holy of Holies).
* Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art (1882) p. 146:
The action of the verb to dive in any sense.
The sport of jumping head first into water.
The practice of swimming underwater, especially using a scuba system, and especially for recreation.
That or who dives or dive.
As adjectives the difference between holy and diving
is that holy is naked while diving is that or who dives or dive.As a verb diving is
.As a noun diving is
the action of the verb to dive in any sense.holy
English
Adjective
(er)- I'm planning to visit the holy city of Mecca this Ramadan.
- Holy cow, I can’t believe he actually lost the race!
Synonyms
* (dedicated to a religious purpose or a god) sacred * (revered in a religion) sacred * faultless, flawless, perfect * (separated or set apart from something) sanctified * (set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose) reserved, specialAntonyms
* (dedicated to a religious purpose or a god) * (revered in a religion) profane, secular, unholy, worldly * damaged, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect * (separated or set apart from something) * (set apart or dedicated for a specific purpose) commonDerived terms
* holiest of holies * holiness * holy cats * holy cow * holy crap * Holy Ghost * Holy Grail * Holy of Holies * holy mackerel * holy moly, holy moley * holy Moses * holy mother of God * Holy See * holy shit * holy smoke * holy snakes * Holy Spirit * holy Toledo * Holy Trinity * holy war * holy water * Holy WeekNoun
(holies)- The holy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.