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Jewish vs Judaica - What's the difference?

jewish | judaica | Synonyms |

Jewish is a synonym of judaica.


As adjectives the difference between jewish and judaica

is that jewish is being a jew, or relating to jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture while judaica is .

As a proper noun jewish

is (informal|dated) the yiddish language.

jewish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture.
  • Yiddish

    • Synonyms

    * Israelite

    Antonyms

    * Gentile

    Derived terms

    * Jewishly * Jewishness * Jewish calendar * Jewish lightning * Jewish piano * ex-Jewish

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (informal, dated) The Yiddish language.

    • See also

    * Hebrew * Israeli * Evrite, Ivrite

    judaica

    English

    (wikipedia Judaica)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Artifacts pertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion, particularly ritual objects.

    • Hyponyms

    * Shabbat candlesticks * Chumash * etrog box * natla (handwashing cup) * shofar * Tanach, Tanakh * yad (Torah pointer)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion.

    • Usage notes

    As an adjective, quite formal and Latinate; (Jewish) or (Judaic) are more common.

    Synonyms

    * Jewish * Judaic

    Related terms

    * Judaic

    See also

    * Hebraica