different between emulation vs hierophany

English

Alternative forms

• æmulation (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French émulation, from Latin aemul?ti?nem, accusative singular form of aemul?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m.j??le??.??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??m.ju?le??.??n/, /-??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n, -e???n

Noun

emulation (countable and uncountable, plural emulations)

1. The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.

   a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation

2. (obsolete) Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
   • , New York Review Books 2001, p.263:

     Scarce two gentlemen dwell together in the country […] , but there is emulation betwixt them and their servants, some quarrel or some grudge betwixt their wives or children […]

3. (computing) Running a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.

Related terms

• emulate
• emulative
• emulator

Translations

Anagrams

• Manuelito, laumonite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (hierós, “sacred, holy sign”) + ????? (phaín?, “show, appear”). Possibly coined by Romanian religious historian and philosopher Mircea Eliade (1907–1986) in his book The Sacred and the Profane (1959; translated into English from an unpublished French original).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h?.????.f?.ni/
• Hyphenation: hi?e?ro?pha?ny

Noun

hierophany (plural hierophanies)

1. (religion) A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.

Derived terms

• hierophanic
• hierophanical
• hierophanically
• hierophant

Related terms

• epiphany
• theophany

Translations

Further reading

• hierophany on Wikipedia.Wikipedia