Illustracion vs Parabola
The following is an exercpt from a magazine discussing an illustration from the bible. My question is that since it is talking about a single illustration, the same illustration why did they use illustration in the first instance and the word for parable in the second. Later on in the same article they did the exact same thing leading me to believe there is some rule of grammar involved but no one I know can answer it.
Debe destacarse pue, en la ILUSTRACION de Jesus, el esclavo fiel y desceto recibe dos nobramientos distintos. En prmer lugar, sele pone acaro de los domesticos, y en segundo lugar, de todos los bienes del amo. Puesto que la PARABOLA se cumple exclusivamente en este tiempo
2 Answers
Illustration and parable are synonyms (words that have the same meaning). So they can be used interchangeably. People like to use more words in their writings to exhibit the diversity of their vocabulary (word power).
To be honest, there is a little bit of difference in the meanings of the two words you are concerned with.
A parable is an illustration, but all illustrations are not parables. A parable is a short story used to illustrate a point/lesson/etc. An illustration can also be a picture/photograph or something drawn by hand. I hope it helps.
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