Divination vs. Divine — What's the Difference?

Divination (from Latin divinare, 'to foresee, to foretell, to predict, to prophesy', related to divinus, 'divine'), or "to be inspired by a god," is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Used in various forms throughout history, diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact with a supernatural agency.

Having the nature of or being a deity.

The art or act of foretelling future events or revealing occult knowledge by means of augury or an alleged supernatural agency.

Of, relating to, emanating from, or being the expression of a deity

An inspired guess or presentiment.

Being in the service or worship of a deity; sacred.

Something that has been divined.

Superhuman; godlike.

(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.

Supremely good or beautiful; magnificent

The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.

Extremely pleasant; delightful

(countable) An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.

A cleric.

The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.

A theologian.

An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.

To foretell, especially by divination.

Successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

To guess or know by inspiration or intuition

A prediction uttered under divine inspiration

To locate (underground water or minerals) with a divining rod; douse.

The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

To practice divination.

To guess.

Of or pertaining to a god.

Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.

Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.

Beautiful, heavenly.

(obsolete) Foreboding; prescient.

Immortal; elect or saved after death

Relating to divinity or theology.

One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

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

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

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

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

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

To render divine; to deify.

Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.

Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments.

Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.

Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods.

Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind.

Presageful; foreboding; prescient.

Relating to divinity or theology.

One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

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

To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.

To foretell; to predict; to presage.

To render divine; to deify.

To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.

To have or feel a presage or foreboding.

To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.

Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

A clergyman or other person in religious orders

Perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

Search by divining, as if with a rod;

Emanating from God;

Resulting from divine providence;

Being or having the nature of a god;

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

Appropriate to or befitting a god;

Of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration;