Allah vs. God — What's the Difference?

Allah (; Arabic: الله‎, romanized: Allāh, IPA: [ʔaɫ.ɫaːh] (listen)) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam.

In monotheistic thought, God is conceived of as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. God is usually conceived of as being omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent and omnibenevolent as well as having an eternal and necessary existence.

God, especially in Islam.

A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.

Alternative case form of Allah

The force, effect, or a manifestation or aspect of this being.

The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.

A being of supernatural powers or attributes, believed in and worshiped by a people, especially a male deity thought to control some part of nature or reality.

Muslim name for the one and only God

An image of a supernatural being; an idol.

One that is worshiped, idealized, or followed

A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.

Alternative case form of God.

An idol.

A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.

Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.

A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.

(metaphor) A person in a high position of authority, importance or influence.

(metaphor) A powerful ruler or tyrant.

(colloquial) An exceedingly handsome man.

The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.

Alternative form of God

(transitive) To idolize.

(transitive) To deify.

Good.

A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol.

The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.

A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.

Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power.

To treat as a god; to idolize.

The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

A man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people;

A material effigy that is worshipped as a god;