Difference between Enlightened and Initiate

What is the difference between Enlightened and Initiate?

Enlightened as a noun is someone who has been introduced to the mysteries of some activity, religion especially buddhism while Initiate as a noun is a new member of an organization.

Enlightened

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: educated or informed Made aware of something Freed from illusion Exceedingly wise

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Someone who has been introduced to the mysteries of some activity, religion especially Buddhism

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To supply with light.

Example sentence: The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. This is the ordinary course in a free society. The response to the unreasoned is the rational; to the uninformed, the enlightened; to the straight-out lie, the simple truth.

Initiate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To begin, to start, to introduce.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A new member of an organization.One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.

Example sentence: If one accepts Hezbollah's self-description as a resistance movement, in which case one must, in light of the fact that Hezbollah never ceases to provoke, view Israel's mere existence as a continuing act of aggression, then Hezbollah has indeed shown that it can initiate conflict, resist, and survive.

We hope you now know whether to use Enlightened or Initiate in your sentence.

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