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Trinity vs Amity - What's the difference?

trinity | amity |

As a proper noun trinity

is (christianity) in christian belief, the three persons (personae) of the godhead: father, son and holy spirit.

As a noun amity is

(formal|literary) friendship the cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals in this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis.

trinity

English

Noun

(trinities)
  • A group or set of three people or things; triad; trio; trine.
  • *
  • *:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity , earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
  • The state of being three; threeness.
  • Synonyms

    * (group of three) threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate * threeness

    Derived terms

    * nontrinitarian * nontrinitarianism * trinitarian

    See also

    * Trinity * Trinity College * quaternity * Unitarian

    amity

    English

    Noun

    (amities)
  • (formal, literary) friendship. The cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis.
  • * 1922': To my native place / Bent upon returning, / Bosom all day burning / To be where my race / Well were known, 'twas much with me / There to dwell in '''amity . — Thomas Hardy, 'Welcome Home,' in ''Lyrics Late and Earlier, 1922
  • Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord.
  • Synonyms

    * friendliness * friendship

    Antonyms

    * enmity * hostility * enemyship