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Maven vs Marvel - What's the difference?

maven | marvel |

As nouns the difference between maven and marvel

is that maven is an expert in a given field while marvel is that which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.

As a proper noun MAVEN

is a space probe designed to investigate the Martian climate.

As a verb marvel is

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

maven

English

(wikipedia maven)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, US) An expert in a given field.
    • Pam is a coffee maven ; she knows so much about coffee.
  • * 2002 , Joseph H. Boyett, Jimmie T. Boyett, The Guru Guide to Marketing , page 207,
    • Connectors know people—lots of people. Mavens' know about things. They know, or find out first, what is going on. Connectors, says Gladwell, need ' mavens to tell them what to buzz about.
  • * 2006 January 23, Virginia Robbins, Opinion: Eight Steps to Leadership'', '' , page 19,
    • Besides an executive sponsor, you need to find a technology maven', someone within the company who understands the new technology. A '''maven''', as defined in Malcolm Gladwell?s ''The Tipping Point'', is a person who has both information and the social skills to pass it along. The challenge in a situation such as this one is that the ' maven might be outside of IT.
  • * 2010 , Rachel Davis Mersey, Can Journalism Be Saved?: Rediscovering America's Appetite for News , page 118,
    • The goal for any media company is to be a maven —and therefore highly adept at using multiple channels of social media communication well.

    Derived terms

    * media maven

    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 .