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Mana vs Manna - What's the difference?

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Manna is a alternative form of mana.



As nouns the difference between mana and manna

is that mana is power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people while manna is food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.

mana

English

(wikipedia mana)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian .

Noun

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  • Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 193:
    • But in popular estimation their essential virtue derived from the personal mana of the sovereign.
  • (gaming, chiefly, role-playing games) Magical power.
  • * 2007 , "bear", Makes Lovely Julienne Ogres....'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.roguelike.angband )
    • Teleporting from an open room where there were a dozen black orcs firing bows landed me, low on mana and hitpoints, in a room full of gnome mages who instantly summoned four umber hulks and a xorn!
  • * 2010 , Ernest Adams, Fundamentals of Game Design (page 580)
    • Mana often grows in exponential proportion to population size, so as the population increases the player acquires vastly greater powers—a progression that god games share with spellcaster characters in role-playing games.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ancient unit of weight or currency)

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    manna

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (possibly archaic) mana

    Noun

    (-)
  • Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
  • By extension, any good thing which comes into one's hands by luck or good fortune.
  • The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.[http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html]
  • * 1966 , Bill Beatty, Tales of Old Australia , National Distributors, ISBN 1-86436-013-5, page 14, discussing old Australian foods
    • The icing on the cake was made from manna, which was gathered under the manna gums. Manna mixed with milk made a splendid icing.

    Derived terms

    * Australian manna * manna ash * mannitol * mannose * Persian manna * tamarisk manna

    External links

    * (wikipedia "manna")

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