Christen vs Dedicate - What's the difference?
christen | dedicate | Synonyms |
To perform the religious act of the baptism, to baptise.
To name.
* Bishop Burnet
(obsolete) To Christianize.
(colloquial, usually, Christian) To use for the first time.
To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
To set apart for a special use
To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
To open (a building, for example) to public use.
To show to the public for the first time
(obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
* Shakespeare
* (George Henry Calvert)
Christen is a synonym of dedicate.
As a proper noun christen
is , variant of christian.As a verb dedicate is
to set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.As an adjective dedicate is
(obsolete) dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.christen
English
Alternative forms
* (dialectal) *Verb
(en verb)- Christen the thing what you will.
- (Jeremy Taylor)
Anagrams
* ----dedicate
English
Verb
(dedicat)- dedicated their money to scientific research.
- dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.
- dedicate a monument.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Dedicate to nothing temporal.
- His life is dedicate to worthiness.