The difference between Angel and Devil

When used as nouns, angel means an incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes, whereas devil means an evil creature.

When used as verbs, angel means to support by donating money, whereas devil means to make like a devil.

check bellow for the other definitions of Angel and Devil

  1. Angel as a noun:

    An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.

  2. Angel as a noun (Abrahamic tradition):

    One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.

  3. Angel as a noun:

    A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness.

    Examples:

    "You made me breakfast in bed, you little angel."

  4. Angel as a noun (obsolete):

    Attendant spirit; genius; demon.

  5. Angel as a noun (possibly, obsolete):

    An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a .

  6. Angel as a noun (historical):

    An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.

  7. Angel as a noun (military slang, originally, _, [[Royal Air Force]]):

    An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.

    Examples:

    "Climb to angels sixty.'' (“ascend to 60,000 feet”)"

  8. Angel as a noun (colloquial, dated):

    An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.

  9. Angel as a noun:

    An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity; an angel investor.

  1. Angel as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To support by donating money.

  1. Angel as a noun (informal):

    A person who has Angelman syndrome.

  1. Devil as a noun (theology):

    An evil creature.

  2. Devil as a noun (theology):

    (the devil or the Devil) The chief devil; Satan.

  3. Devil as a noun:

    The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.

    Examples:

    "The devil in me wants to let him suffer."

  4. Devil as a noun:

    A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.

    Examples:

    "Those two kids are devils in a toy store."

  5. Devil as a noun:

    A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.

    Examples:

    "That math problem was a devil."

  6. Devil as a noun ([[euphemistically]], with an [[article]], as an [[intensifier]]):

    Hell.

    Examples:

    "What in the devil is that?'' ''What the devil is that?"

    "She is having a devil of a time fixing it."

    "You can go to the devil for all I care."

  7. Devil as a noun:

    A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.

  8. Devil as a noun:

    A dust devil.

  9. Devil as a noun (religion, [[Christian Science]]):

    An evil or erring entity.

  10. Devil as a noun (dialectal, in compounds):

    A barren, unproductive and unused area.

    Examples:

    "m devil strip"

  11. Devil as a noun (cookery):

    A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.

  12. Devil as a noun:

    A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.

  13. Devil as a noun:

    A Tasmanian devil.

  14. Devil as a noun (cycling, slang):

    An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.

  1. Devil as a verb:

    To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.

  2. Devil as a verb:

    To annoy or bother; to bedevil.

  3. Devil as a verb:

    To work as a ‘devil'; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.

  4. Devil as a verb:

    To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.

  5. Devil as a verb:

    To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.

  6. Devil as a verb:

    To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.

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