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Literature vs Revelation - What's the difference?

literature | revelation |

As nouns the difference between literature and revelation

is that literature is the body of all written works while revelation is the act of revealing or disclosing.

As a proper noun Revelation is

the final book of the New Testament of the Bible.

literature

English

(wikipedia literature) (Literature) (Literature) (Literature)

Alternative forms

* literatuer (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The body of all written works.
  • The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture.
  • All the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
  • *
    • The obvious question to ask at this point is: ‘Why posit the existence of a set of Thematic Relations (THEME, AGENT, INSTRUMENT, etc.) distinct from constituent structure relations?? The answer given in the relevant literature is that a variety of linguistic phenomena can be accounted for in a more principled way in terms of Thematic Functions than in terms of constituent structure relations.
  • Written fiction of a high standard.
    • However, even “literary” science fiction rarely qualifies as literature , because it treats characters as sets of traits rather than as fully realized human beings with unique life stories. —Adam Cadre, 2008

    Meronyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * letter * literal * literacy * literate * literary

    Anagrams

    * *

    revelation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia revelation) (en noun)
  • The act of revealing or disclosing.
  • Something that is revealed.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.
  • Something dramatically disclosed.
  • (theology) A manifestation of divine truth.
  • A great success.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 21, author=Jonathan Jurejko, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , passage=The 26-year-old has proved a revelation since his £10m move from Freiburg, with his 11 goals in 10 matches hauling Newcastle above Spurs, who went down to Adel Taarabt's goal in Saturday's late kick-off at Loftus Road.}}

    Related terms

    * reveal