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What is the difference between devotion and emotion?

devotion | emotion |

As nouns the difference between devotion and emotion

is that devotion is the act or state of devoting or being devoted while emotion is a person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.

devotion

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.
  • (uncountable) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication
  • (uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
  • (countable, ecclesiastical) A prayer (often found in the plural)
  • emotion

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia emotion) (en noun)
  • A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
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  • A reaction by an non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.
  • Derived terms

    * emotionable * emotional

    Synonyms

    * (sense, person's internal state of being) feeling, affect