different between diluvial vs diluvialist

English

Etymology

Latin diluvium (“flood”)

Adjective

diluvial (not comparable)

1. Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge.
2. Pertaining to Noah's Flood.

Synonyms

• diluvian

Related terms

• deluge
• antediluvian
• diluvialism

Translations

French

Etymology

Latin diluvium (“flood”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ly.vjal/

Adjective

diluvial (feminine singular diluviale, masculine plural diluviaux, feminine plural diluviales)

1. diluvial

Synonyms

• diluvial

Further reading

• “diluvial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

From diluvio +? -al, from Latin d?luvium (“flood”).

Adjective

diluvial (plural diluviales)

1. diluvial

English

Etymology

diluvial +? -ist

Noun

diluvialist (plural diluvialists)

1. One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.
   • 1835, Sir Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology

     But the old diluvialists were induced by their system to confound all the groups of strata together instead of discriminating

References

• diluvialist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.