Myth vs. Mystic
Difference Between Myth and Mystic
Mythnoun
A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; a sacred narrative regarding a god, a hero, the origin of the world or of a people, etc.
Mysticadjective
Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
a mystic danceMythnoun
(uncountable) Such stories as a genre.
Myth was the product of man's emotion and imagination, acted upon by his surroundings. (E. Clodd, Myths & Dreams (1885), 7, cited after OED)Mysticadjective
Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
Mythnoun
A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.
Mysticnoun
Someone who practices mysticism.
Mythnoun
A person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe or admiration based on popular legend
Father Flanagan was legendary, his institution an American myth. (Tucson (Arizona) Citizen, 20 September 1979, 5A/3, cited after OED)Mysticnoun
someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
Mythnoun
A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.
Mysticadjective
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding;
mysterious symbolsthe mystical style of Blakeoccult lorethe secret learning of the ancientsMythnoun
a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
Mysticadjective
relating to or resembling mysticism;
mystical intuitionmystical theories about the securities marketMysticadjective
relating to or characteristic of mysticism;
mystical religion
