The difference between Divine and Ultimate

When used as nouns, divine means one skilled in divinity, whereas ultimate means the most basic or fundamental of a set of things.

When used as verbs, divine means to foretell (something), especially by the use of divination, whereas ultimate means to finish.

When used as adjectives, divine means of or pertaining to a god, whereas ultimate means final.

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  1. Divine as an adjective:

    Of or pertaining to a god.

  2. Divine as an adjective:

    Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.

  3. Divine as an adjective:

    Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.

  4. Divine as an adjective:

    Beautiful, heavenly.

  5. Divine as an adjective (obsolete):

    Foreboding; prescient.

  6. Divine as an adjective:

    Relating to divinity or theology.

  1. Divine as a noun:

    One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

  2. Divine as a noun:

    A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.

  3. Divine as a noun (often capitalized, with 'the'):

    God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.

  1. Divine as a verb (transitive):

    To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.

  2. Divine as a verb (transitive):

    To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.

  3. Divine as a verb (transitive):

    To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.

  4. Divine as a verb:

    To render divine; to deify.

  1. Ultimate as an adjective:

    Final; last in a series.

  2. Ultimate as an adjective (of a syllable):

    Last in a word or other utterance.

  3. Ultimate as an adjective:

    Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.

    Examples:

    "the ultimate pleasure"

    "the ultimate disappointment"

  4. Ultimate as an adjective:

    Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.

  5. Ultimate as an adjective:

    That will happen at some time; eventual.

  6. Ultimate as an adjective:

    Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.

  7. Ultimate as an adjective:

    Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.

    Examples:

    "an ultimate constituent of matter"

  1. Ultimate as a noun:

    The most basic or fundamental of a set of things

  2. Ultimate as a noun:

    The final or most distant point; the conclusion

  3. Ultimate as a noun:

    The greatest extremity; the maximum

  4. Ultimate as a noun (uncountable):

    A non-contact competitive team sport played with a 175 gram flying disc, the object of which is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone.

    Examples:

    "pedialite Ultimate (sport)"

  1. Ultimate as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To finish; to complete.

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