Difference between Celestial and Ethereal

What is the difference between Celestial and Ethereal?

Celestial as an adjective is relating to heaven in a religious sense. while Ethereal as an adjective is pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.

Celestial

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relating to heaven in a religious sense. Relating to the sky or space. Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An inhabitant of heaven. A native of China.

Example sentence: Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

Ethereal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.Delicate, light and airy.

We hope you now know whether to use Celestial or Ethereal in your sentence.

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