Sublime vs Empyreal - What's the difference?
sublime | empyreal |
(chemistry, physics) To sublimate.
To raise on high.
* E. P. Whipple
To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
* Alexander Pope
To dignify; to ennoble.
* Jeremy Taylor
Noble and majestic.
* De Quincey
Impressive and awe-inspiring.
* Prior
* Longfellow
(obsolete) Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
* Dryden
(obsolete) Elevated by joy; elated.
* Milton
Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.
* Spenser
* Milton
Pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean; celestial; sublime; exalted.
Of the sky or heavens.
Fiery, made of pure fire.
As adjectives the difference between sublime and empyreal
is that sublime is noble and majestic while empyreal is pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean; celestial; sublime; exalted.As a verb sublime
is to sublimate.As a noun sublime
is something sublime.sublime
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(sublim)- A soul sublimed by an idea above the region of vanity and conceit.
- The sun / Which not alone the southern wit sublimes , / But ripens spirits in cold, northern climes.
- An ordinary gift cannot sublime a person to a supernatural employment.
Etymology 2
From (etyl)Adjective
(er)- the sublime Julian leader
- sublime''' scenery; a '''sublime deed
- Easy in words thy style, in sense sublime .
- Know how sublime a thing it is / To suffer and be strong.
- Sublime on these a tower of steel is reared.
- Their hearts were jocund and sublime , / Drunk with idolatry, drunk with wine.
- countenance sublime and insolent
- His fair, large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule.