Mission vs Incarnation - What's the difference?
mission | incarnation |
(countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer.
(uncountable) Religious evangelism.
(uncountable) (the missions) collective term for third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
(countable) (Catholic tradition) an infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
* Francis Bacon
(obsolete) dismissal; discharge from service
A work.
An incarnate being or form.
* Jeffrey
* F. W. Robertson
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, title= A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
An assumption of human form or nature.
A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like
The act of incarnating.
The state of being incarnated.
(obsolete) A rosy or red colour; flesh colour; carnation.
(medicine, obsolete) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
As a noun mission
is mission (all senses).As a proper noun incarnation is
(christianity) the doctrine that the second person of the trinity assumed human form in the person of jesus christ and is fully divine and fully human.mission
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(wikipedia mission)Noun
- In these ships there should be a mission of three of the fellows or brethren of Solomon's house.
Derived terms
* diplomatic mission * intermission * intromission * mission creep * mission impossible * mission mix * mission statement * permanent mission * permission * remission * space mission * transmissionExternal links
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Noun
(en noun)- She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead.
- The very incarnation of selfishness.
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