Sage vs Qilin - What's the difference?
sage | qilin |
Wise.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
* Milton
A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
* 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press (1973), ยง 34:
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
(Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply
A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage.
* 1989 , Ernst J. Grube, Eleanor G. Sims, Islamic Art: Volume 3
* 2001 , David J. Roxburgh, Prefacing the image: the writing of art history in sixteenth-century Iran
* 2010 , Molly Blaisdell, Necdet Yilmaz, Truth about Unicorns
As a verb sage
is first-person singular indicative present form of .As a noun qilin is
qilin.sage
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sage (11th century), from . The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece .Adjective
(er)- All you sage counsellors, hence!
- commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
- [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
Synonyms
* sagaciousNoun
(en noun)- We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage .
Synonyms
* deep thinker, egghead, intellectual, punditDerived terms
* sagely * sageness * sage on the stage * Seven SagesSee also
* rishi * maharishiEtymology 2
From (etyl) sauge, from (etyl) salvia, from , see safe .Noun
(-)Synonyms
* (herb) ramonaDerived terms
* sagebush * Sage Derby * sage dog * sage green * sage grouse * sage tea * sage thrasher * wood sageSee also
* salviaExternal links
* (Salvia officinalis) *Etymology 3
.Verb
(sag)Usage notes
* This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems one's own post to be of little value.qilin
English
(wikipedia qilin)Noun
(en noun)- ...a red and gold textile with phoenixes in one row swooping towards qilins in the next amidst a densely foliated ground...
- Roundel depicting dragon attacked by qilins ; mounted on an album page.
- When the qilin leaves, the emperor traces the shapes he saw into the dirt.