deity vs saint

deity and saint both are nouns.

deity is not a verb while saint is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deity	Yes	No	No	No
saint	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, saint is a hyponym of deity; that is, saint is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deity:

deity: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
saint: a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

Other hyponyms of deity include daemon, demigod, sea god, sun god, Celtic deity, Egyptian deity, Semitic deity, Hindu deity, Persian deity, Chinese deity, Japanese deity, goddess, earth-god, earth god, demiurge, Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity, Greek deity, Roman deity, Norse deity, Teutonic deity, Anglo-Saxon deity, Phrygian deity, god of war, war god, snake god, zombi, zombie.

deity (noun)	saint (noun)
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force	person of exceptional holiness
	model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
	a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

deity (verb)	saint (verb)
	declare (a dead person) to be a saint
	hold sacred

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