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Providence vs Predestination - What's the difference?

providence | predestination |

As nouns the difference between providence and predestination

is that providence is while predestination is predestination.

providence

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Divine care or direction, the will of God or the gods; fate
  • Any of several cities named for this force, particularly the capital of the American state of Rhode Island

    • 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