different between divinity vs decider

English

Etymology

From Old French divinité, from Latin divinitas

Morphologically divine +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??v?n?ti/

Noun

divinity (countable and uncountable, plural divinities)

1. (uncountable) The state, position, or fact of being a god or God. [from 14th c.]
2. (countable) Synonym of deity.

3. A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man.
4. (uncountable) The study of religion or religions.

5. A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.

Synonyms

• (property of being divine): deity, godhead, godhood, godliness, godship
• (deity): See Thesaurus:god
• (study): godlore, theology

Derived terms

Related terms

See Related terms for divine

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??sa?d?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?d?(?)

Etymology

decide +? -er

Noun

decider (plural deciders)

1. (of a controversy, question, etc) A person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides.
   • 1667, anon., "George Fox digg'd out of his burrowes, or An offer of disputation on fourteen proposalls...". John Foster, Boston, pp. 89-90:

     This written and revealed will of God I said was the Judge and Decider of all Questions.

   • 1758, Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer, The grants, concessions, and original constitutions of the province of New-Jersey, Philadelphia, p. 680:

     The Determination of his Majesty, who is the only proper decider of this Matter.

   • 1885, Friedrich Delitzsch, "General Notes: The Religion of the Kassites," Hebraica, vol 1 no 3 (Jan), p. 190:

     The god Adar, which, with its two oft-occurring idiographs Bar and Nin-ib, is preferably designated as the "Decider" (Entschneider).

   • 1967, David P. Gauthier, "How Decisions are Caused," The Journal of Philosophy, vol 64 no 5, 15 Mar, p. 151:

     Although the decider may know any of the principles in the sequence, he cannot know every such principle.

   • 2006 April 18, George W. Bush, White House press conference, Washington, DC:

     "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best."

2. (chiefly Britain, Australia, sports) An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.
   • 2007 Feb 22 (action), Liverpool show of unity recalls old magic Guardian Sport:

     . . . when the Welshman laid on the 74th-minute decider.

   • 2007 Feb. 10 (event), France aim to end four years of regret with seven-week sacrifice, Guardian Sport:

     France will meet Ireland again in the probable decider for their World Cup pool.

3. (computing) A Turing machine that halts regardless of its input.

Synonyms

• decisor
• decisionmaker

References

• decider at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cidered, decried

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.tsi?der/

Verb

decider

1. to decide

Conjugation