Prophet vs Empirical - What's the difference?
prophet | empirical |
Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.
Pertaining to or based on experience.
* H. Spencer
Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
(philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.
As a proper noun prophet
is any of the prophets mentioned in the bible, especially an author of one of the prophets.As an adjective empirical is
pertaining to or based on experience.prophet
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Noun
(en noun)- Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.
Derived terms
* prophecy * prophesise, prophesize nonstandard * prophesy * prophetessempirical
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Adjective
(-)- The village carpenter lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship.