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Superhuman vs Godlike - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between superhuman and godlike

is that superhuman is beyond what is possible for a human being while godlike is having the characteristics of a god.

As a noun superhuman

is a human being with remarkable abilities.

superhuman

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Beyond what is possible for a human being.
  • *
    • No doubt, Jane thought, the rider, in his almost superhuman power of foresight, saw behind the horizon the dark, lengthening shadows that were soon to crowd and gloom over him and her and little Fay.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A human being with remarkable abilities.
  • A fictional human being with superpowers.

    • godlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the characteristics of a god.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1895 , title = , author = H. L. Mencken (translator) , original = Der Antichrist , by = (Friedrich Nietzsche) , section = §48 , passage = Man himself had been his greatest'' blunder; he had created a rival to himself; science makes men ''godlike — it is all up with priests and gods when man becomes scientific! }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 1990-09-01 , title = (The Vor Game) , first = Lois McMaster , last = Bujold , authorlink = Lois McMaster Bujold , publisher = Baen Books , isbn = 9780671720148 , ol = 7663039M , passage = When a normal ensign looked at his commander, he ought to see a godlike being, not a, a... future subordinate. }}
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 2001-07-14 , title = , series = (Farscape) , season = 3 , number = 12 , people = (Ben Browder) , role = John Crichton , passage = Godlike' aliens! Man, do I hate '''godlike''' aliens! I'll trade a critter for a ' godlike alien, any day! }}
  • Characteristic of a god.
  • * 1817 , (John Keats), “”:
    • And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep / Of godlike hardship tells me I must die / Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.
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    • , year = 1850 , title = A Few Thoughts for a Young Man , first = Horace , last = Mann , authorlink = Horace Mann , passage = Beneficence is godlike , and he who does most good to his fellow-man is the Master of Masters, and has learned the Art of Arts. }}
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    • , year = 1949 , year_published = 1965 , title = The Time Axis , first = Henry , last = Kuttner , authorlink = Henry Kuttner , ol = 22036162M , passage = It took the combined skills of three great civilizations far apart in time to frame that godlike concept in which the tangible universe itself was only a single factor. }}

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