Supernatural vs Godlike - What's the difference?
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Above nature; that which is beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that which humans are born with. In Roman Catholic theology, is considered to be a supernatural addition to human nature.
Not of the usual; not natural; altered by forces that are not understood fully if at all.
Neither visible nor measurable.
(countable) A supernatural being.
(uncountable) Supernatural beings and events collectively.
* 2012 , Blake Morrison, The Guardian , [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jul/20/blake-morrison-under-the-witches-spell?INTCMP=SRCH]:
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), “”:
* {{quote-book
, 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.
}}
* {{quote-book
, 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.
}}
Supernatural is a related term of godlike.
As adjectives the difference between supernatural and godlike
is that supernatural is above nature; that which is beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that which humans are born with in roman catholic theology, is considered to be a supernatural addition to human nature while godlike is having the characteristics of a god.As a noun supernatural
is (countable) a supernatural being.supernatural
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The house is haunted by supernatural forces.
Synonyms
* extraordinary, paranormal, preternatural, supranatural, unnaturalAntonyms
* ordinary * naturalNoun
(en noun)- Dr Johnson defended Shakespeare's use of the supernatural from the charge of implausibility on the grounds that, "The reality of witchcraft … has in all ages and countries been credited by the common people, and in most by the learned."
godlike
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep / Of godlike hardship tells me I must die / Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.