Magical vs Mystical - What's the difference?
magical | mystical |
Of or relating to magic.
Enchanting.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword Relating to mystics or mysticism.
Having a spiritual significance that transcends human understanding.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Stephen Ledoux
, title=Behaviorism at 100
, volume=100, issue=1, page=60
, magazine=
Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.
As adjectives the difference between magical and mystical
is that magical is of or relating to magic while mystical is relating to mystics or mysticism.magical
English
Alternative forms
* magicall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical , in a printshop in his childhood.}}
- The fireworks created a magical atmosphere in that beautiful summer night.
mystical
English
Alternative forms
* mysticall (obsolete) * mystickal (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.}}