influence vs inspiration

influence

noun
  • The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions. 

  • A person or thing exerting such power or action. 

  • Electrostatic induction. 

  • An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth. 

  • An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change. 

verb
  • To exert, make use of one's influence. 

  • To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce. 

inspiration

noun
  • A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity. 

  • A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative. 

  • The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration. 

  • A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. 

  • A breath, a single inhalation. 

  • The act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity. 

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