Divine vs. Sweet — What's the Difference?

Having the nature of or being a deity.

Having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not salt, sour, or bitter

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

Pleasing in general; delightful

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

(of a person or action) pleasant and kind or thoughtful

Superhuman; godlike.

Used for emphasis in various phrases and exclamations

Supremely good or beautiful; magnificent

A small shaped piece of confectionery made with sugar

Extremely pleasant; delightful

A sweet dish forming a course of a meal; a pudding or dessert.

A cleric.

Used as an affectionate form of address

A theologian.

The sweet part or element of something

To foretell, especially by divination.

Having the taste of sugar or a substance containing or resembling sugar, as honey or saccharin.

To guess or know by inspiration or intuition

Containing or derived from sugar.

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

Retaining some natural sugar; not dry

To practice divination.

Pleasing to the senses; agreeable

To guess.

Pleasing to the mind or feelings; gratifying

Of or pertaining to a god.

Having a pleasing disposition; lovable

Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.

Kind; gracious

Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.

Fragrant; perfumed

Beautiful, heavenly.

Not saline or salted

(obsolete) Foreboding; prescient.

Not spoiled, sour, or decaying; fresh

Immortal; elect or saved after death

Free of acid or acidity

Relating to divinity or theology.

Low in sulfur content

One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

(Music) Of, relating to, or being a form of jazz characterized by adherence to a melodic line and to a time signature.

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

Remarkable; outstanding.

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

Used as an intensive

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

In a sweet manner; sweetly.

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

Sweet taste or quality; sweetness.

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

Something sweet to the taste.

To render divine; to deify.

Foods, such as candy, pastries, puddings, or preserves, that are high in sugar content.

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

(Informal) Sweet potatoes

Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments.

A sweet dish, such as pudding, served as dessert.

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

A sweetmeat or confection.

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

A dear or beloved person.

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.

Something pleasing to the mind or feelings.

Presageful; foreboding; prescient.

Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

Relating to divinity or theology.

Having a taste of sugar.

One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

(wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

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

Not having a salty taste.

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

Having a pleasant smell.

To foretell; to predict; to presage.

Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.

To render divine; to deify.

Having a pleasant sound.

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

Having a pleasing disposition.

To have or feel a presage or foreboding.

Having a helpful disposition.

To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.

(mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.

Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

(informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.

A clergyman or other person in religious orders

(slang) Doing well; in a good or happy position.

Perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

Romantically fixated; enamored with; fond of.

Search by divining, as if with a rod;

; not salt or brackish.

Emanating from God;

To the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.

Resulting from divine providence;

An intensifier.

Being or having the nature of a god;

Used as a positive response to good news or information.

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

In a sweet manner.

Appropriate to or befitting a god;

(uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

Of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration;

A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.

A food eaten for dessert.

Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.

(obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.

(obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.

To sweeten.

Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; - opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.

Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.

Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.

Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.

Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.

Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.

That which is sweet to the taste; - used chiefly in the plural.

That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.

That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.

One who is dear to another; a darling; - a term of endearment.

Sweetly.

To sweeten.

English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

A dish served as the last course of a meal

A food rich in sugar

The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

The property of containing sugar

Having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)

Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub;

Pleasing to the ear;

One of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey

Pleasing to the senses;

Pleasing to the mind or feeling;

Having a natural fragrance;

(used of wines) having a sweet taste

Not soured or preserved;

With sweetening added

Not having a salty taste;

In an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly');