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Title: what is difference word meaning ......enigma and mystery.....?
Post by: taregg on 22/02/2014 18:49:39
what is difference word meaning ......enigma and mystery....?
Title: Re: what is difference word meaning ......engma and mystery.....?
Post by: David Cooper on 22/02/2014 19:08:04
Your question does not fit a science forum. Since you've put it here though, the words overlap heavily in meaning, but an enigma is probably always highly puzzling, whereas a mystery can often be something unknown which needn't be puzzling at all.
Title: Re: what is difference word meaning ......engma and mystery.....?
Post by: RD on 22/02/2014 19:31:05
The machines are different ...

(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F3%2F3e%2FEnigmaMachineLabeled.jpg%2F450px-EnigmaMachineLabeled.jpg&hash=41b959496176b336aa70577fc6f8d6dc)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine

(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F3%2F30%2FThe_Mystery_Machine.jpg%2F800px-The_Mystery_Machine.jpg&hash=e823202aff282af4f84ce2ea5364324b)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo#Reception_and_legacy
Title: Re: what is difference word meaning ......enigma and mystery.....?
Post by: taregg on 23/02/2014 14:53:56
what is difference meaning between.....engma and mystery. ?
Title: Re: what is difference word meaning ......enigma and mystery.....?
Post by: RD on 23/02/2014 16:31:28
Quote from: taregg on 23/02/2014 14:53:56
what is difference meaning between.....engma and mystery. ?

I think they are synonyms (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/synonym) ...

Quote from: wiktionary.org/enigma
Noun
enigma (plural enigmas or enigmata)
    Something puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enigma#Noun
Title: Re: what is difference word meaning ......enigma and mystery.....?
Post by: David Cooper on 23/02/2014 19:53:07
Quote from: taregg on 23/02/2014 14:53:56
what is difference meaning between.....engma and mystery. ?

Ae yo plaing som kin o gme invlving misspellins?