Dedicate vs Sacrifice - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between dedicate and sacrifice

is that dedicate is to show to the public for the first time while sacrifice is to trade (a value of higher worth) for one of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more such as an ally or business relationship or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money.

As an adjective dedicate

is dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

As a noun sacrifice is

the offering of anything to a god; consecratory rite.

dedicate

English

Verb

(dedicat)

To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.

To set apart for a special use

dedicated their money to scientific research.

To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action

dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.

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

dedicate a monument.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

* Shakespeare

Dedicate to nothing temporal.

* (George Henry Calvert)

His life is dedicate to worthiness.

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sacrifice

English

(wikipedia sacrifice)

Verb

(sacrific)

To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.

To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility to gain something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.

* “Don’t you break my heart / ’Cause I sacrifice to make you happy.” - From the song Baby Don’t You Do It by Marvin Gaye

* “God sacrificed His only-begotten Son, so that all people might have eternal life.” (a paraphrase of John 3:16).

* Prior

Condemned to sacrifice his childish years / To babbling ignorance, and to empty fears.

* G. Eliot

The Baronet had sacrificed a large sum making this boy his heir.

To trade (a value of higher worth) for one of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more such as an ally or business relationship or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money.

* (Ayn Rand), Atlas Shrugged

If you exchange a penny for a dollar, it is not a sacrifice ; if you exchange a dollar for a penny, it is.

(chess) To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board.

(baseball) To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.

To sell at a price less than the cost or actual value.

To destroy; to kill.

(Johnson)

Synonyms

* (sell without profit) sell at a loss

Derived terms

* sacrificial

Noun

(en noun)

The offering of anything to a god; consecratory rite.

* Milton

Great pomp, and sacrifice , and praises loud, / To Dagon.

Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing.

the sacrifice of one's spare time in order to volunteer

Something sacrificed.

* Milton

Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood / Of human sacrifice .

(baseball) A play in which the batter is intentionally out in order that runners can advance around the bases.

A loss of profit.

(slang, dated) A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.