What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Oracle vs X - What's the difference?

oracle | x |

As a proper noun oracle

is (computing) a database management system (and its associated software) developed by the.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

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

    * ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----