Divine vs. Sacred — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Divine and Sacred
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Divine
Having the nature of or being a deity.
Sacred
Connected with God or a god or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration
Sacred rites
The site at Eleusis is sacred to Demeter
Divine
Of, relating to, emanating from, or being the expression of a deity
Sought divine guidance through meditation.
Sacred
Dedicated to or set apart for the worship of a deity.
Divine
Being in the service or worship of a deity; sacred.
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Sacred
Worthy of religious veneration
The sacred teachings of the Buddha.
Divine
Superhuman; godlike.
Sacred
Made or declared holy
Sacred bread and wine.
Divine
Supremely good or beautiful; magnificent
A divine performance of the concerto.
Sacred
Dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose, or person
Sacred to the memory of her sister.
A private office sacred to the President.
Divine
Extremely pleasant; delightful
Had a divine time at the ball.
Sacred
Worthy of respect; venerable.
Divine
A cleric.
Sacred
Of or relating to religious objects, rites, or practices.
Divine
A theologian.
Sacred
Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated, made holy.
A sacred place
A sacred day
Sacred service
Divine
To foretell, especially by divination.
Sacred
Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular
Divine
To guess or know by inspiration or intuition
Somehow divined the answer despite not having read the assignment.
Sacred
Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.
Divine
To locate (underground water or minerals) with a divining rod; douse.
Sacred
Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
Divine
To practice divination.
Sacred
Not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
Divine
To guess.
Sacred
(followed by the preposition "to") Consecrated; dedicated; devoted
Divine
Of or pertaining to a god.
Sacred
(archaic) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.
Divine
Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
Sacred
Simple past tense and past participle of sacre
Divine
Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.
Sacred
Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service.
Divine
Beautiful, heavenly.
Sacred
Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history.
Smit with the love of sacred song.
Divine
(obsolete) Foreboding; prescient.
Sacred
Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
Such neighbor nearness to our sacred [royal] bloodShould nothing privilege him.
Poet and saint to thee alone were given,The two most sacred names of earth and heaven.
Divine
Immortal; elect or saved after death
Sacred
Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
Secrets of marriage still are sacred held.
Divine
Relating to divinity or theology.
Sacred
Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; - with to.
A temple, sacred to the queen of love.
Divine
One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
Sacred
Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.
But, to destruction sacred and devote.
Divine
A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
Sacred
Concerned with religion or religious purposes;
Sacred texts
Sacred rites
Sacred music
Divine
(often capitalized, with 'the') God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.
Sacred
Worthy of respect or dedication;
Saw motherhood as woman's sacred calling
Divine
(transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
Sacred
Made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use;
A consecrated chursh
The sacred mosque
Sacred elephants
Sacred bread and wine
Sanctified wine
Divine
(transitive) To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.
Sacred
Worthy of religious veneration;
The sacred name of Jesus
Jerusalem's hallowed soil
Divine
(transitive) To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.
Sacred
(often followed by `to') devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person;
A fund sacred to charity
A morning hour sacred to study
A private office sacred to the President
Divine
To render divine; to deify.
Divine
Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.
Divine
Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments.
Divine
Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
Divine
Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods.
Divine
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.
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king.
But not to one in this benighted ageIs that diviner inspiration given.
Divine
Presageful; foreboding; prescient.
Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill,Misgave him.
Divine
Relating to divinity or theology.
Church history and other divine learning.
Divine
One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
Divine
A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.
Divine
To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.
A sagacity which divined the evil designs.
Divine
To foretell; to predict; to presage.
Darest thou . . . divine his downfall?
Divine
To render divine; to deify.
Living on earth like angel new divined.
Divine
To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.
The prophets thereof divine for money.
Divine
To have or feel a presage or foreboding.
Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts.
Divine
To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.
Divine
Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
Divine
A clergyman or other person in religious orders
Divine
Perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers
Divine
Search by divining, as if with a rod;
He claimed he could divine underground water
Divine
Emanating from God;
Divine judgment
Divine guidance
Everything is black1 or white...satanic or godlyt
Divine
Resulting from divine providence;
Providential care
A providential visitation
Divine
Being or having the nature of a god;
The custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers
The divine will
The divine capacity for love
'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create
Divine
Devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity;
Divine worship
Divine liturgy
Divine
Appropriate to or befitting a god;
The divine strength of Achilles
A man of godlike sagacity
Man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers
Divine
Of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration;
Her pies were simply divine
The divine Shakespeare
An elysian meal
An inspired performance
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