Saint vs. Devil

Saint vs. Devil — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Saint and Devil

Saintnoun

A person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.

Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint.

Devilnoun

(theology) An evil creature.

Saintnoun

A person with positive qualities; one who does good.

Dorothy Day was a living saint.Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint!

Devilnoun

(the devil or the Devil) The chief devil; Satan.

Saintnoun

One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God’s service.

Devilnoun

The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.

The devil in me wants to let him suffer.
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Saintnoun

One of the blessed in heaven.

Devilnoun

A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.

Those two kids are devils in a toy store.

Saintnoun

(archaic) A holy object.

It is ruine to a man to deuour saints, and afterward to retract the vowes.

Devilnoun

A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.

That math problem was a devil.

Saintverb

(transitive) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.

Many wish to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately.

Devilnoun

Hell.

What in the devil is that? What the devil is that?She is having a devil of a time fixing it.You can go to the devil for all I care.
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Saintnoun

a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

Devilnoun

A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.

Saintnoun

person of exceptional holiness

Devilnoun

A dust devil.

Saintnoun

model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

Devilnoun

An evil or erring entity.

Saintverb

hold sacred

Devilnoun

A barren, unproductive and unused area.

devil strip

Saintverb

in the Catholic church; declare (a dead person) to be a saint;

After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized

Devilnoun

(cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.

Devilnoun

A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.

Devilnoun

A Tasmanian devil.

Devilnoun

An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.

Devilverb

To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.

Devilverb

To annoy or bother; to bedevil.

Devilverb

To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.

Devilverb

To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.

Devilverb

To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.

Devilverb

To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.

Devilnoun

(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell

Devilnoun

one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief

Devilnoun

a word used in exclamations of confusion;

what the devilthe deuce with itthe dickens you say

Devilnoun

a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man);

he chased the young hellions out of his yard

Devilnoun

a cruel wicked and inhuman person

Devilverb

cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;

Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers meIt irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves

Devilverb

coat or stuff with a spicy paste;

devilled eggs