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Beautify vs Sanctify - What's the difference?

beautify | sanctify |

In lang=en terms the difference between beautify and sanctify

is that beautify is to make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of while sanctify is to endorse with religious sanction.

As verbs the difference between beautify and sanctify

is that beautify is to make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of while sanctify is to make holy; to consecrate set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.

beautify

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of.
  • Synonyms

    * adorn * decorate * ornament * prettify

    sanctify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make holy; to consecrate. Set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
  • *
  • And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
  • To free from sin; to purify.
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  • And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified , but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
  • *
  • Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.
  • To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
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  • For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
  • To endorse with religious sanction.
  • Synonyms

    * (to make holy) consecrate, hallow * (to free from sin) cleanse, purify

    Antonyms

    * profane

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