angel vs cherub

angel

noun
  • A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness. 

  • An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes. 

  • An altitude, measured in thousands of feet. 

  • An angel investor. 

  • One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues. 

  • The person who funds a show. 

  • A person who has Angelman syndrome. 

  • An English gold coin, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, circulated between the 15th and 17th centuries, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings. 

verb
  • To support by donating money. 

cherub

noun
  • A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent. 

  • A winged creature attending God, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim; similar to a lamassu in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts. 

  • An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body. 

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