What's the difference between deity and demon?

Deity


Definition:

  • (n.) The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works.
  • (n.) A god or goddess; a heathen god.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Roots Manuva, an artist we admire and whose opinion we trust, has declared that "her works are truly of upliftment and betterment", as though she were a religious deity sent here to heal the sick and solve society's ills.
  • (2) An intriguing merging between Olympian and local deities had occurred (the Romans being relaxed and pragmatic about that kind of thing, unless the Christians were involved).
  • (3) They were the virtuous rebels who rose in the name of all kinds of folk gurus and deities, including Mao Zedong, to fight corrupt officials and evil rulers, and restore morality.
  • (4) It is "a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the deity, or the interposition of some invisible agent."
  • (5) Men dressed as Hindu deities, with tinsel crowns and tridents, wait for their turn on the stage.
  • (6) In Stratford there has long been only one resident deity , and experts calculate this to be both the date he arrived on this earth and, 52 years later, departed it.
  • (7) In this myth Chubb is the prophet of a deity who looks like a young boy and loving boys has spiritual significance.
  • (8) His Asylum debut, Warren Zevon (1976), bristled with west coast rock deities - including Glenn Frey and Don Henley, of the Eagles, and Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, from Fleetwood Mac - though he seemed hell-bent on sabotaging the hedonistic myth of the golden state.
  • (9) This possibility has now been eliminated.” Updated at 1.57pm GMT 1.38pm GMT The god of zero Jenny Rohn, a cell biologist at University College London and Guardian science blogger , recalls a childhood encounter with a terrifying Mayan deity.
  • (10) "They would be a deity if they managed to get things right the whole time.
  • (11) Gallup found that 42% of Americans believe a deity created humans in their current form.
  • (12) Chapters in the classical texts of Ayurveda describe varieties of severe mental disorder (unmada) arising from a particular humoral imbalance (dosa) or arising in association with specific demons and deities (bhuta) that produce distinct character changes and symptom patterns.
  • (13) Realising that he had momentarily departed from the new road less travelled, Gove recovered his serenity by giving thanks both to the Great Deity of Parliamentary Escapes and the sublime wisdom of Jon Anderson.
  • (14) While that remains possibly the most momentous stunt ever pulled by a studio and elevated Hiddleston to the status of semi-deity, Marvel maintained the highest standards with Saturday’s show.
  • (15) Their show features the vivid stag and buffalo dances, by which the monks invoke the guardian deities of the Tashi Lhunpo monastery; also the dance of the lord of death which evokes Buddhist philosophy.
  • (16) The omnipresence of the minarets and the muezzin's call – particularly around 5am – are a vivid reminder for the non-devout of the dominant deity's importance.
  • (17) An acquaintance of mine, meanwhile, tried – briefly and without success – to resurrect an interest in the unfashionable Phoenician deity Baal.
  • (18) He features in many of Perry’s works, from his first tapestry Vote Alan Measles for God (2008), in which the red, roaring teddy brandishes a suicide-belt atop the Twin Towers, to an intricate other-worldly shrine in which Alan Measles sits likes a Hindu deity.
  • (19) Debt, the deity of the nineties and much of the noughties, is now anathema to the man in the street.
  • (20) More than a means of transport, Air Force One is a propaganda tool, and its effectiveness depends on the implied presence of a deity.

Demon


Definition:

  • (n.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
  • (n.) One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates.
  • (n.) An evil spirit; a devil.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The draw was enough to take England to the finals in Japan, where Beckham exorcised the demons of four years earlier by scoring the only goal (a dubiously awarded penalty) in the defeat of Argentina.
  • (2) Woods certainly appears to have exorcised the demons that have haunted him in recent years, after his world collapsed in spectacular circumstances four years ago.
  • (3) Not only did a Latino actor not play Tony, who clearly in real life looks like a Chicano, but his ethnicity is stolen from the Latino community at a time when Latinos have been demonized.
  • (4) Steve Hilton, a former ad man responsible for the Conservatives' disastrous "demon eyes" advert, and now the special adviser to Lord Saatchi, is the final member of the set's inner circle, though he lives in north London.
  • (5) There was a feeling that the mainstream was fighting back against the rightwing obstructionists who were trying to demonize Rabin and undermine the peace process.
  • (6) In any period, however, there seem to have been marked individual and cultural differences in outlook; some of these differences are still evident today in the survival of belief in demonic possession in pentecostal sects.
  • (7) Understandably so, since we’re talking about ice demons who can command zombie hordes.
  • (8) The effects of such actions – presidential demonizing, threats of legal reprisal – are pernicious.
  • (9) In the swinging 1960s, Peck's sober style seemed a little out of place, though he appeared in a couple of flashy Hitchcockian thrillers, Mirage (1965) and Arabesque (1966), and adapted to the new Hollywood as best he could, looking rather bothered as the father of a demon in The Omen (1976).
  • (10) Bill Nighy plays the king of the demons; Miranda Otto the gargoyle queen.
  • (11) Bowie was tanned, healthy, seemingly at peace with his demons.
  • (12) This arena was the scene of Bayern nightmares last May, when Chelsea pipped them to Europe's most glittering crown and, suddenly, the demons of the past threatened to encircle them.
  • (13) This fateful development took place in a milieu of belief in demons fostered by the priests and uncritical rejection of medico-scientific treatment methods.
  • (14) A remarkable step, whose intent must be recognized, through Trump’s now established demonizing of the press, as intimidation.
  • (15) An attack on Syria or Iran or any other US "demon" would draw on a fashionable variant, "Responsibility to Protect", or R2P – whose lectern-trotting zealot is the former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans , co-chair of a " global centre " based in New York.
  • (16) The demons that came with density were more obvious back then: the cholera epidemic; the fact that just as cities sped the flow of ideas, so they sped the flow of disease, too; the crime that was so associated with Victorian London .
  • (17) It was dark, but I could see my silhouette in the mirror and I stared to see if I was looking at a demon instead of Dan's mother.
  • (18) This discovered gothic quality within everyday life found one of its finest expressions in the American work of French-born director Jacques Tourneur , especially the brilliant Cat People (1943), Curse of the Cat People (1944) and Night of the Demon (1957).
  • (19) The Demon hardly ever gives interviews, but a Russian journalist and I managed to secure one, so we set off last Thursdayto visit his headquarters in the town of Gorlovka, a 40-minute drive along deserted roads from the regional capital of Donetsk.
  • (20) "One person will try and cast out demons, the other will take you through a 12-step programme.