Saint vs Angel - What's the difference?
saint | angel |
A person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue.
(figuratively, by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.
One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God’s service.
One of the blessed in heaven.
* Milton
(nonstandard) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.
A divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.
* Ben Jonson
(Abrahamic tradition) The lowest order of angels, below virtues.
A selfless person.
(military slang) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.
A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
* Bible, Rev. ii. 1
(obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
(historical) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
(slang) To support by donating money.
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Angel is a antonym of saint.
As nouns the difference between saint and angel
is that saint is a person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue while angel is a divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.As verbs the difference between saint and angel
is that saint is to canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint while angel is to support by donating money.As a proper noun Angel is
a given name derived from Ancient Greek used since 16th century, from Latin Angelus or an anglicized spelling of Ángel.saint
English
Noun
(wikipedia saint) (en noun)- Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint .
- Dorothy Day was a living saint .
- Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint !
- to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints , with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours. (1Cor. 1:2)
- Then shall thy saints , unmixed, and from the impure / Far separate, circling thy holy mount, / Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing.
Synonyms
* (holy person) (l), sheikSee also
* hallow * holos * holyVerb
(en verb)- Many wish to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately.
External links
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English
(wikipedia angel)Alternative forms
* aynjel (Jamaican English)Noun
(en noun)- The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale.
- You made me breakfast in bed, you little angel .
- Climb to angels sixty.
- Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write.
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
*Hyponyms
* cherub, minion, power, principality, seraph, throneDerived terms
* angel's dram * angelfish * angelic * angel of death * angel of mercy * angelology * archangel * guardian angel * fallen angelDescendants
* Hawaiian:Verb
(en verb)citation, page=88 , passage=You've got to come to Chicago to meet Duell, and see Wilson, who's going to angel the show.}}