god vs Anglo-Saxon deity

Anglo-Saxon deity vs god

god and Anglo-Saxon deity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
god	Yes	No	No	No
Anglo-Saxon deity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Anglo-Saxon deity is a hyponym of god; that is, Anglo-Saxon deity is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than god:

god: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
Anglo-Saxon deity: (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons

Other hyponyms of god 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, Phrygian deity, saint, god of war, war god, snake god, zombi, zombie.

god (noun)	Anglo-Saxon deity (noun)
a material effigy that is worshipped	(Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people

Difference between god and Anglo-Saxon deity

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