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Marvel vs Singularity - What's the difference?

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Marvel is a related term of singularity.


As nouns the difference between marvel and singularity

is that marvel is that which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle while singularity is the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.

As a verb marvel

is to become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.

marvel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
  • * Bible, Exodus xxxiv. 10
  • I will do marvels such as have not been done.
  • Wonder, astonishment.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • Use lessens marvel .

    Verb

  • To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.
  • * Bible, 1 John iii. 13
  • Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
  • (obsolete) To marvel at.
  • (Wyclif)
  • (obsolete, transitive, used impersonally) To cause to marvel or be surprised.
  • * Richard the Redeless
  • But much now me marvelleth .

    singularity

    English

    Noun

  • the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual
  • * Addison
  • I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
  • Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn.
  • a point where all parallel lines meet
  • a point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value
  • (mathematics) the value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist
  • (physics) a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes
  • A proposed point in the technological future at which artificial intelligences become capable of augmenting and improving themselves, leading to an explosive growth in intelligence.
  • (obsolete) Anything singular, rare, or curious.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Your gallery Have we passed through, not without much content / In many singularities .
  • (obsolete) Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
  • * Hooker
  • No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of singularity [universal bishop].
  • * Bishop Pearson
  • Catholicism must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation.
  • (obsolete) celibacy
  • (Jeremy Taylor)

    Derived terms

    * nonsingularity * naked singularity