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Emotional vs. Spiritual — What's the Difference?

Emotional vs. Spiritual — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Emotional and Spiritual

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Emotional

Of or relating to emotion
An emotional illness.
Emotional crises.

Spiritual

Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not material; supernatural
Spiritual power.

Emotional

Readily affected with or stirred by emotion
An emotional person who often weeps.

Spiritual

Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul
Spiritual guidance.
Spiritual growth.

Emotional

Arousing or intended to arouse the emotions
An emotional appeal.
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Spiritual

Not concerned with material or worldly things
Led a spiritual life.

Emotional

Marked by or exhibiting emotion
An emotional farewell.

Spiritual

Of or belonging to a religion; sacred
Spiritual practices.
Spiritual music.

Emotional

Of or relating to the emotions.
Emotional crisis
Emotional lift

Spiritual

A religious folk song of African American origin.

Emotional

Characterised by emotion.

Spiritual

A work composed in imitation of such a song.

Emotional

Determined by emotion rather than reason.
Emotional decision

Spiritual

Often spirituals Religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters.

Emotional

Appealing to or arousing emotion.
Emotional speech

Spiritual

Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.

Emotional

Easily affected by emotion.
She’s an emotional person.

Spiritual

Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Emotional

Readily displaying emotion.
Emotional greeting

Spiritual

Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.

Emotional

An emotional person

Spiritual

Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
A spiritual substance or being

Emotional

Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.

Spiritual

Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.

Emotional

Determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason;
It was an emotional judgment

Spiritual

Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
The spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation

Emotional

Of more than usual emotion;
His behavior was highly emotional

Spiritual

A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.

Emotional

Of or pertaining to emotion;
Emotional health
An emotional crisis

Spiritual

Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. — Lowell.

Emotional

Extravagantly demonstrative;
Insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship
A large gushing female
Write unrestrained and gushy poetry

Spiritual

Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

Emotional

Of persons; excessively affected by emotion;
He would become emotional over nothing at all
She was worked up about all the noise

Spiritual

Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.

Spiritual

Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits.
God's law is spiritual; it is a transcript of the divine nature, and extends its authority to the acts of the soul of man.

Spiritual

Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; - opposed to carnal.
That I may impart unto you some spiritual gift.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings.
If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one.

Spiritual

Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.

Spiritual

A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals.

Spiritual

A kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States

Spiritual

Concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church;
Religious texts
A nenber if a religious order
Lords temporal and spiritual
Spiritual leaders
Spiritual songs

Spiritual

Concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul;
A spiritual approach to life
Spiritual fulfillment
Spiritual values
Unearthly love

Spiritual

Lacking material body or form or substance;
Spiritual beings
The vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm

Spiritual

Like or being a phantom;
A ghostly face at the window
A phantasmal presence in the room
Spectral emanations
Spiritual tappings at a seance

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