Pious vs Devotional - What's the difference?
pious | devotional | Related terms |
Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing.
* 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
(usually, religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship.
Pious is a related term of devotional.
As adjectives the difference between pious and devotional
is that pious is of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing while devotional is (usually|religious) of or pertaining to devotion or worship.As a noun devotional is
a piece of music or writing about or pertaining to devotion.pious
English
Adjective
(-)- Its male residents dress like crows: heavy black suits, black Borsalino hats, the old grandfathers hugely whiskered and the boys in peot, the curled sidelocks of the pious .
Usage notes
* Sometimes used pejoratively, in the sense of "mistaken" or "false" piety, as in "pious errors", "pious frauds".Synonyms
* reverent, reverential, dutiful, religious, devout, godlyAntonyms
* (of or pertaining to piety) impious, independent, profaneDerived terms
* piously * piousnessdevotional
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She spent much time playing devotional music.