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Ousia vs Ossia - What's the difference?

ousia | ossia |

As nouns the difference between ousia and ossia

is that ousia is the essential nature or ‘substance’ of god while ossia is in a musical score an ossia is an alternative version of the music, often just a few measures long.

ousia

English

(wikipedia ousia)

Noun

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  • (theology) The essential nature or ‘substance’ of god.
  • *2009 , (Karen Armstrong), The Case for God , Vintage 2010, p. 79:
  • *:We could never know God's ousia , but in order to adapt his indescribable nature to our limited intellect, God communicated to us through his activities in the world.
  • (philosophy) Essence, being.
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    ossia

    English

    (wikipedia ossia)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) In a musical score an ossia is an alternative version of the music, often just a few measures long.

    • References

    http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/modifying-single-staves
  • ossia-staves

    • Anagrams

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