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Interim vs Providential - What's the difference?

interim | providential |

As a noun interim

is interim.

As an adjective providential is

pertaining to divine providence.

interim

English

Adjective

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  • transitional
    • Iraq's government is ''"interim'''.
  • temporary
    • You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 5 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Drogba's goal early in the second half - his fourth in this Wembley showpiece - proved decisive as the remarkable turnaround in Chelsea's fortunes under interim manager Roberto di Matteo was rewarded with silverware.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A transitional or temporary period between other events.
    • His car is in the shop, but they gave him a rental to drive in the interim .

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * mintier * termini ----

    providential

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to divine providence.
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 88:
    • The same belief underlay the providential view of history, in which the rise and fall of nations appeared as the expression of God's unsearchable purposes.
  • Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence; lucky.

    • Synonyms

    * fortunate, serendipitous

    Related terms

    * providence * providentially