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Xanadu vs Paradise - What's the difference?

xanadu | paradise |

As proper nouns the difference between xanadu and paradise

is that xanadu is the summer capital of 's empire while paradise is (religion) heaven.

xanadu

English

(wikipedia Xanadu)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The summer capital of 's empire
  • * 1816: — , Kubla Khan
    • In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
    A stately pleasure-dome decree

    See also

    * Kaiping

    paradise

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, religion) Heaven; the abode of sanctified souls after death.
  • * Bible, Luke xxiii. 43
    • To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise .
  • * Longfellow
    • It sounds to him like her mother's voice, / Singing in Paradise .
  • (figuratively) A very pleasant place.
    • an island paradise in the Caribbean
  • (figuratively) A very positive experience.
  • (architecture) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
  • A churchyard or cemetery.

    • Synonyms

    * haven * heaven * utopia

    Derived terms

    * bird of paradise * fool's paradise * grains of paradise * paradise duck * paradise flycatcher * paradisiac * paradisiacal * paradisiacally * Surfers Paradise * trouble in paradise

    Related terms

    * parvis

    See also

    * Arcadia * Avalon * Nirvana * Shangri-la

    Verb

    (paradis)
  • To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.
    • (Marston)

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