Main Difference
The main difference between Angel and Devil is that the Angel is a supernatural being or spirit in certain religions and mythologies and Devil is a supernatural entity that is the personification of evil and the enemy of god and humankind
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Angel
An angel is generally a supernatural being found in various religions and mythologies. In Abrahamic religions, angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as intermediaries between God or Heaven and humanity. Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings, and carrying out God’s tasks. Within Abrahamic religions, angels are often organized into hierarchies, although such rankings may vary between sects in each religion. Such angels are given specific names or titles, such as Gabriel or Michael. The term “angel” has also been expanded to various notions of spirits or figures found in other religious traditions. The theological study of angels is known as “angelology.” Angels who were expelled from Heaven are referred to as fallen angels.
In fine art, angels are usually depicted as having the shape of human beings of extraordinary beauty but no gender (until the 19th century at least). They are often identified with symbols of bird wings, halos, and light.
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Devil
A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in many and various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.It is difficult to specify a particular definition of any complexity that will cover all of the traditions, beyond that it is a manifestation of evil. It is meaningful to consider the devil through the lens of each of the cultures and religions that have the devil as part of their mythos.The history of this concept intertwines with theology, mythology, psychiatry, art and literature, maintaining a validity, and developing independently within each of the traditions. It occurs historically in many contexts and cultures, and is given many different names — Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles — and attributes: It is portrayed as blue, black, or red; It is portrayed as having horns on its head, and without horns, and so on. The idea of the devil has been taken seriously often, but not always, for example when devil figures are used in advertising and on candy wrappers.
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Angel (noun)
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.
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Angel (noun)
One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.
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Angel (noun)
A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness.
“You made me breakfast in bed, you little angel.”
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Angel (noun)
Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
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Angel (noun)
An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic church.
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Angel (noun)
An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
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Angel (noun)
An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
“Climb to angels sixty. (“ascend to 60,000 feet”)”
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Angel (noun)
An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
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Angel (noun)
An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity; an angel investor.
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Angel (noun)
A person who has Angelman syndrome.
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Angel (verb)
To support by donating money.
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Devil (noun)
An evil creature.
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Devil (noun)
(the devil or the Devil) The chief devil; Satan.
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Devil (noun)
The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
“The devil in me wants to let him suffer.”
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Devil (noun)
A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
“Those two kids are devils in a toy store.”
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Devil (noun)
A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
“That math problem was a devil.”
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Devil (noun)
Hell.
“What in the devil is that? What the devil is that?”
“She is having a devil of a time fixing it.”
“You can go to the devil for all I care.”
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Devil (noun)
A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
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Devil (noun)
A dust devil.
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Devil (noun)
An evil or erring entity.
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Devil (noun)
A barren, unproductive and unused area.
“devil strip”
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Devil (noun)
A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
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Devil (noun)
A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
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Devil (noun)
A Tasmanian devil.
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Devil (noun)
An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
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Devil (verb)
To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
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Devil (verb)
To annoy or bother; to bedevil.
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Devil (verb)
To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
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Devil (verb)
To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
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Devil (verb)
To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
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Devil (verb)
To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
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Angel (noun)
a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe
“the Angel of Death”
“God sent an angel to talk to Gideon”
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Angel (noun)
an attendant spirit, especially a benevolent one
“there was an angel watching over me”
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Angel (noun)
(in traditional Christian angelology) a being of the lowest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
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Angel (noun)
short for Hells Angel
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Angel (noun)
a person of exemplary conduct or virtue
“their parents think they are angels”
“I know I’m no angel”
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Angel (noun)
used in similes or comparisons to refer to a person’s outstanding beauty, qualities, or abilities
“you sang like an angel”
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Angel (noun)
used in approval to a person who is kind or helpful
“be an angel and let us come in”
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Angel (noun)
used as a term of endearment
“I miss you too, angel”
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Angel (noun)
a person who supports a business financially, typically one who invests private capital in a small or newly established enterprise
“the longer it takes you to get your product into the marketplace, the longer it will be until the angels get their money back”
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Angel (noun)
a financial backer of a theatrical production
“every year we raise the money for the next season and we are always looking for an angel”
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Angel (noun)
a former English coin minted between the reigns of Edward IV and Charles I and bearing the figure of the archangel Michael killing a dragon.
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Angel (noun)
an aircraft’s altitude (often used with a numeral indicating thousands of feet)
“we rendezvous at angels nine”
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Angel (noun)
an unexplained radar echo.