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Salvation vs Rescuing - What's the difference?

salvation | rescuing |

As nouns the difference between salvation and rescuing

is that salvation is (religion) the process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell) while rescuing is the act of effecting a rescue.

As a verb rescuing is

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salvation

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Alternative forms

* salvatioun (obsolete)

Noun

  • (religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
    • In Islam, salvation is achieved by praying in the mosque to Allah and following the sunnah of Muhammad.
  • The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.

    • Antonyms

    * (in religion) damnation

    Related terms

    * salvage

    rescuing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of effecting a rescue.
  • * (John Galsworthy)
    • Betty — so stout, and with that rheumatism in her leg — did she ever think of herself? Or Aunt Rosamund, with her perpetual rescuings of lost dogs, lame horses, and penniless musicians?

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