What's the difference between koan and satori?

Koan


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Example Sentences:

  • (1) Not for consideration : Anthony Bennett (Cleveland Cavaliers) Here's a koan for the basketball fans out there: if it's Cleveland making the selection, are they really that lucky?
  • (2) It’s the unanswerable question, like a zen koan of sports.
  • (3) July 17, 2013 Updated at 5.05pm BST 4.44pm BST Emanuel Cleaver, Democrat of Missouri, has a koan-like question for the Fed chair: What would be the consequences of easing quantitative easing prematurely?

Satori


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Coker’s lawyer said he had multiple sources of income and had always declared his interest in Satori Holdings to the Nigerian authorities.

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