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Prophet vs Sibyl - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between prophet and sibyl

is that prophet is someone who speaks by divine inspiration while sibyl is a pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.

As proper nouns the difference between prophet and sibyl

is that prophet is any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially an author of one of the Prophets while Sibyl is {{given name|female|from=Ancient Greek}}.

prophet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
    • Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.
  • Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.

    • Derived terms

    * prophecy * prophesise, prophesize nonstandard * prophesy * prophetess

    sibyl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the (w).
  • * : Act III, Scene IV:
    • A sibyl , that had number'd in the world
    The sun to course two hundred compasses,
    In her prophetic fury sew'd the work;
  • * 1922' T. S. Eliot, ''The Wasteland'': Epigraph (translated from ' 61 (Petronius)' The Satyricon: Chapter 8, Lines 80 -86)
    • I used to read these tales in Homer when I was a lad. Then the Sibyl'! I saw her at Cumae with my own eyes hanging in a jar; and when the boys cried to her, ‘' Sibyl , what would you?' she'd answer, ‘I would die,'-- both of ‘em speaking Greek."
    (wikipedia sibyl)

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