different between trinity vs trilogy

English

Etymology

trine +? -ity, from Old French trinité (French: trinité), from Latin tr?nit?s, from tr?ni (“three each”), from tr?s (“three”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??n?ti/

Noun

trinity (plural trinities)

1. A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.

   • But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.

2. The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.

Synonyms

• (group of three): threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio
• (independence of three): threeness; see also Thesaurus:threeness

Derived terms

• nontrinitarian
• nontrinitarianism
• trinitarian

Translations

See also

• binitarian
• binity (“twoness”)
• duality (“twoness”)
• quaternity (“fourness”)
• quinity (“fiveness”)
• Trinity
• Trinity College
• unitarian
• unity (“oneness”)

English

Etymology

Latin & New Latin trilogia, from Ancient Greek ????? (treîs, “three”) + ????? (lógos, “story, account”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??l?d?i/

Noun

trilogy (plural trilogies)

1. A set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.

Related terms

• dilogy (2)
• tetralogy (4)
• pentalogy (5)
• hexalogy (6)
• heptalogy (7)
• octalogy (8)
• ennealogy (9)
• decalogy (10)
• polylogy (2+)

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