Mystery vs. Unknown — What's the Difference?

One that is not fully understood or that baffles or eludes the understanding; an enigma

Not known; unfamiliar

One whose identity is unknown and who arouses curiosity

Not identified, ascertained, or established

A mysterious character or quality

Not well known or widely known

Something that is a secret

That which is unknown

A work of fiction, such as a novel or a movie, that has a story centered around solving a puzzling crime or mysterious event.

Something that is not known

A nonfictional account of a puzzling crime or mysterious event presented in the manner of a mystery.

A person who is not well known, as to the general public

A religious cult practicing secret rites to which only initiates are admitted.

An unknown person, especially an Unknown Soldier

A secret rite of such a cult.

(Mathematics) A quantity of unknown numerical value.

A religious truth that is incomprehensible to reason and knowable only through divine revelation.

Not known; unidentified; not well known.

An incident from the life of Jesus, especially the Incarnation, Passion, Crucifixion, or Resurrection, of particular importance for redemption.

(algebra) A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.

One of the 15 incidents from the lives of Jesus or the Blessed Virgin Mary, such as the Annunciation or the Ascension, serving in Roman Catholicism as the subject of meditation during recitation of the rosary.

Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.

Also Mystery One of the sacraments, especially the Eucharist.

A person of no identity; a nonentity

Mysteries The consecrated elements of the Eucharist.

Past participle of unknow

Often mysteries The skills, lore, or practices that are peculiar to a particular activity or group and are regarded as the special province of initiates

Not known; not apprehended.

A mystery play.

An unknown and unexplored region;

A trade or occupation.

Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

A guild, as of merchants or artisans.

A variable whose values are solutions of an equation

Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.

Not known;

Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.

Being or having an unknown or unnamed source;

(obsolete) A secret or mystical meaning.

Not known to exist;

A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).

Not famous or acclaimed;

A sacrament.

Not known before;

A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation.

(Catholicism) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.

A craft, art or trade; specifically a guild of craftsmen.

A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has not been or can not be explained; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension.

A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; - usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries.

The consecrated elements in the eucharist.

Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma.

A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied.

A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th century.

Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained;

A story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie