God and Lion

God

God noun - A being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world.

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Lion and god are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lion" instead a noun "God".

Nearby Words: godly, godless, godliness, godhead

Lion noun - A person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field.

Usage example: the book festival brought together two lions of contemporary poetry for a joint reading

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God and lion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "God" instead a noun "Lion".

Nearby Word: lioness

old	old god	old lion
female	female god	female lion
alien	alien god	alien lion
single	single god	single lion
Other adjectives: small, powerful, actual, real, male, big, evil, little, living, white, new, angry, titular, insane, literal, giant, aforementioned.

Many countries consider the tiger to be the King of Beasts instead of the lion (which makes sense in regions where the lion has never been a native animal, like East Asia), or even a god, symbolizing wrath, war, military generals or kings.

Source: Analysis / Panthera Awesome
In the French translation of "Be Prepared" from The Lion King, Scar declares that he will be "le seul dieu vivant qu'on acclame." (the only acclaimed living god)

Source: A God Am I / Film
According to Word of God, this was actually going to be more explicit in the original script, before they realized/decided that having Mufasa appear as an actual talking character would be unrealistic and Narmy, and would ruin the great lion's gravitas, so they went with a timely wind instead.

Source: Disney / The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

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