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Annoint vs Consecrate - What's the difference?

annoint | consecrate |

As verbs the difference between annoint and consecrate

is that annoint is (nonstandard) while consecrate is to declare, or otherwise make something holy.

As an adjective consecrate is

consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

annoint

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (nonstandard)
  • * 1854 , Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Theodore Stout Bell, The Western journal of medicine and surgery (page 114)
    • The proper way to use it is to annoint the edge of the lower lid with a small pencil, dipped in the salve, every night at bedtime.

    consecrate

    English

    Verb

    (consecrat)
  • To declare, or otherwise make something holy.
  • * 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
    • But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate', we can not hallow, this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have ' consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

    Synonyms

    * * * (l)

    Antonyms

    * desecrate * defile

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • They were assembled in that consecrate place.
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