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Oracle vs Affirmation - What's the difference?

oracle | affirmation |

As nouns the difference between oracle and affirmation

is that oracle is a shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity while affirmation is that which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.

As a verb oracle

is to utter oracles or prophecies.

As a proper noun Oracle

is a database management system (and its associated software) developed by the Oracle Corporation

oracle

English

(wikipedia oracle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
  • * Milton:
  • The oracles are dumb; / No voice or hideous hum / Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving.
  • A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.
  • A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
  • * Drayton:
  • Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must stand.
  • A person considered to be a source of wisdom.
  • a literary oracle
  • * Macaulay:
  • The country rectors thought him an oracle on points of learning.
  • * Tennyson:
  • oracles of mode
  • A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
  • One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
  • * Milton:
  • God hath now sent his living oracle / Into the world to teach his final will.
  • (computing theory) A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.
  • (Jewish antiquity) The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
  • * Milton:
  • Siloa's brook, that flow'd / Fast by the oracle of God.
  • * Bible , 1 Kings 6:19, King James Version:
  • And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

    Derived terms

    * oracle machine

    Synonyms

    * (priest acting as conduit of prophecy) prophet * (person who is a source of wisdom) expert

    Verb

    (oracl)
  • (obsolete) To utter oracles or prophecies.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    affirmation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
  • A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
  • Synonyms

    * assertion

    Derived terms

    * self-affirmation

    See also

    * (wikipedia "affirmation") ----