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Deity vs Theology - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between deity and theology

is that deity is the state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead while theology is the study of god, or a god, or gods, and the truthfulness of religion in general.

deity

English

(wikipedia deity)

Noun

(deities)
  • The state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.10:
    • Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee .
  • A divine being; a god or goddess.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * household deity

    Related terms

    * deicide * deify

    See also

    * cosmocrat * deism * god * godliness * theism

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    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    theology

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia theology) (en-noun)
  • The study of God, or a god, or gods, and the truthfulness of religion in general.
  • An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form.

    • Derived terms

    * thealogy * theologian * theological * theologist * pantheology * theologoumenon

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