Divine vs. Marvelous

Divine vs. Marvelous — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Divine and Marvelous

Divineadjective

Of or pertaining to a god.

Marvelousadjective

(American spelling) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

I went to a marvelous party last week.

Divineadjective

Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.

Marvelousadjective

extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers;

a fantastic trip to the Orientthe film was fantastic!a howling successa marvelous collection of rare bookshad a rattling conversation about politicsa tremendous achievement

Divineadjective

Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.

Marvelousadjective

too improbable to admit of belief;

a tall story
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Divineadjective

Beautiful, heavenly.

Marvelousadjective

being or having the character of a miracle

Divineadjective

(obsolete) Foreboding; prescient.

Divineadjective

immortal; elect or saved after death

Divineadjective

Relating to divinity or theology.

Divinenoun

One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

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Divinenoun

A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.

Divinenoun

(often capitalized, with 'the') God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.

Divineverb

(transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.

Divineverb

(transitive) To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.

Divineverb

(transitive) To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.

Divineverb

To render divine; to deify.

Divinenoun

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Divinenoun

a clergyman or other person in religious orders

Divineverb

perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

Divineverb

search by divining, as if with a rod;

He claimed he could divine underground water

Divineadjective

emanating from God;

divine judgmentdivine guidanceeverything is black1 or white...satanic or godlyt

Divineadjective

resulting from divine providence;

providential carea providential visitation

Divineadjective

being or having the nature of a god;

the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powersthe divine willthe divine capacity for love'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create

Divineadjective

devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity;

divine worshipdivine liturgy

Divineadjective

appropriate to or befitting a god;

the divine strength of Achillesa man of godlike sagacityman must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers

Divineadjective

of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration;

her pies were simply divinethe divine Shakespearean elysian mealan inspired performance