Providential vs Provision - What's the difference?
providential | provision |
Pertaining to divine providence.
* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 88:
Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence; lucky.
An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
* Francis Bacon
* Milton
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
Money set aside for a future event.
(accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
(legal) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
(Roman Catholic) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
(UK, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
As an adjective providential
is pertaining to divine providence.As a noun provision is
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The same belief underlay the providential view of history, in which the rise and fall of nations appeared as the expression of God's unsearchable purposes.
Synonyms
* fortunate, serendipitousprovision
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Noun
(en noun)- making provision for the relief of strangers
- And of provisions laid in large, / For man and beast.
- (Shakespeare)
- We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession.
- An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
- (Blackstone)