Prophet vs Angel - What's the difference?
prophet | angel |
Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.
A divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.
* Ben Jonson
(Abrahamic tradition) The lowest order of angels, below virtues.
A selfless person.
(military slang) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.
A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
* Bible, Rev. ii. 1
(obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
(historical) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
(slang) To support by donating money.
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As nouns the difference between prophet and angel
is that prophet is someone who speaks by divine inspiration while angel is a divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.As proper nouns the difference between prophet and angel
is that prophet is any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially an author of one of the Prophets while Angel is a given name derived from Ancient Greek used since 16th century, from Latin Angelus or an anglicized spelling of Ángel.As a verb angel is
to support by donating money.prophet
English
Noun
(en noun)- Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.
Derived terms
* prophecy * prophesise, prophesize nonstandard * prophesy * prophetessangel
English
(wikipedia angel)Alternative forms
* aynjel (Jamaican English)Noun
(en noun)- The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale.
- You made me breakfast in bed, you little angel .
- Climb to angels sixty.
- Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write.
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
*Hyponyms
* cherub, minion, power, principality, seraph, throneDerived terms
* angel's dram * angelfish * angelic * angel of death * angel of mercy * angelology * archangel * guardian angel * fallen angelDescendants
* Hawaiian:Verb
(en verb)citation, page=88 , passage=You've got to come to Chicago to meet Duell, and see Wilson, who's going to angel the show.}}