What's the difference between deity and godless?

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.

Godless


Definition:

  • (a.) Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Saudi Arabia As one might imagine, Saudi television rather wants for the bounty we enjoy here - reality shows in which footballers' mistresses administer handjobs to barnyard animals, and all those other things which make living in the godless west such a pleasure.
  • (2) UCL, the godless place in Gower Street, which had been set up, in large part, as a home for the spiritually uncomfortable, fitted Jacobson like a glove.
  • (3) Claiming the title for the most godless places were the student enclaves of Brighton and Norwich, where 42% said they had no religious affiliation, closely followed by Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly and Rhondda in south Wales, where community leaders said unemployment and a breakdown in community values had loosened religion's hold.
  • (4) To paraphrase Stephen Colbert , the Kings are at this point nothing more than giant, marauding, godless hockey machines.
  • (5) The constitutional process gave the conspiracy of a secret liberal-communist alliance a philosophical basis: there is no difference between liberal secularism and communist atheism, because both are used to persecute the church; there is no difference between liberal democracy and communist authoritarianism because both are used to impose a godless minority’s will on “ordinary Poles”.
  • (6) What would happen if they set up a "godless congregation" that met to celebrate life, with no hope of the hereafter?
  • (7) In August 1990, when Iraq annexed Kuwait and threatened Saudi security, he offered to raise an army of Arab Afghan veterans to fight the "godless" Saddam.
  • (8) So these unsparing public accounts of dying are perhaps best read as a tentative kind of prayer for the godless: a lesson in being able when the time eventually comes to leave our children with grace, put right some wrongs, and to accept what we cannot change.
  • (9) A man who now regards the Conservative party as de facto socialist was once a godless Trotskyist, a member of the International Socialists (the forerunners of the Socialist Workers party), who were committed to the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of a workers’ state.
  • (10) humility, irritating to some, might play better with the godless public.
  • (11) In fact, the prospects for Falconer's bill, and for the overwhelming majority who agree with it, might be brighter if more of its religious opponents were as openly indifferent to evidence, argument and testimony that has moved the most godless to pity.
  • (12) It confirms our place as perhaps the most godless country, the least "churched", in the industrialised world, setting us apart from the US, obviously, but also from much of continental Europe.
  • (13) We are asunder, a predicament perhaps best expressed by the Daily Mail's Robert Hardman being photographed in a cathedral calling people "godless".
  • (14) Abe promotes himself as bridge between Japan’s past and its future, vaulting from Japan’s glorious traditions, over the post-1945 years of weakness, socialism and godlessness, to a beautiful, brave new Japan people by beautiful, brave new Japanese,” Cucek said.
  • (15) Following the short tour, the pair will be holing up at London's Bloomsbury Theatre for the seemingly annual Nine Lessons And Carols For Godless People, a Christmas celebration for rationalists that in the past has featured contributions from Jarvis Cocker , Ricky Gervais and professor Richard Dawkins.
  • (16) This California playground of Pacific surf, sunshine and sleek boutiques has, if you believe one side of the argument, just plunged a dagger into Christmas, gutted tradition and pushed America down a slippery slope to godlessness.
  • (17) Their vision, he says, is "a godless gathering in every town, city or village that wants one".
  • (18) I can imagine the message being something like: “See what the godless Americans are doing to us; come help us fight them, because actually they’re not doing very much at all and you probably won’t die if you join in.” Our lukewarm efforts may actually be helping them draw replacement Emwazis into their deluded, disgusting version of what the world should look like – probably not the best course of action.
  • (19) The Sunday Assembly may be godless, but a churchgoer who stumbled through the wrong door would find much they recognised.
  • (20) Julius arrived an hour early, just to be sure of a place at the service, which is described by its organisers as "a godless congregation that meets … to hear great talks, sing songs and generally celebrate life".