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Paradise vs Celebration - What's the difference?

paradise | celebration |

As nouns the difference between paradise and celebration

is that paradise is heaven; the abode of sanctified souls after death while celebration is the formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.

As a verb paradise

is to affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.

As a proper noun Paradise

is heaven.

paradise

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, religion) Heaven; the abode of sanctified souls after death.
  • * Bible, Luke xxiii. 43
  • To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise .
  • * Longfellow
  • It sounds to him like her mother's voice, / Singing in Paradise .
  • (figuratively) A very pleasant place.
  • an island paradise in the Caribbean
  • (figuratively) A very positive experience.
  • (architecture) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
  • A churchyard or cemetery.
  • Synonyms

    * haven * heaven * utopia

    Derived terms

    * bird of paradise * fool's paradise * grains of paradise * paradise duck * paradise flycatcher * paradisiac * paradisiacal * paradisiacally * Surfers Paradise * trouble in paradise

    See also

    * Arcadia * Avalon * Nirvana * Shangri-la

    Verb

    (paradis)
  • To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.
  • (Marston)

    Anagrams

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    celebration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament
  • The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities
  • The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.
  • A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.