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Predestination vs Destiny - What's the difference?

predestination | destiny |

As nouns the difference between predestination and destiny

is that predestination is the doctrine that everything has been foreordained by a God, especially that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation while destiny is that to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

As a proper noun Destiny is

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predestination

English

(wikipedia predestination)

Noun

(-)
  • (theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by a God, especially that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
  • Destiny or fate.

    • Related terms

    * determinism

    destiny

    English

    (wikipedia destiny)

    Noun

    (destinies)
  • That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.
  • The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.

    • Synonyms

    * fate * orlay

    Derived terms

    * date with destiny

    Related terms

    * destinate * destination * destine

    See also

    * destination

    Anagrams

    * density

    References

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