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enlightenment vs beatitude

beatitude vs enlightenment

enlightenment and beatitude both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
enlightenment Yes No No No
beatitude Yes No No No
As nouns, beatitude is a hypernym of enlightenment; that is, beatitude is a word with a broader meaning than enlightenment:
  • enlightenment: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
  • beatitude: a state of supreme happiness
Other hypernyms of enlightenment include beatification, blessedness.
enlightenment (noun) beatitude (noun)
education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge a state of supreme happiness
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
Difference between enlightenment and beatitude

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