Devout vs Vehement - What's the difference?
devout | vehement | Related terms |
Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
* Bible, Acts x. 2
* Rogers
(archaic) Expressing devotion or piety.
Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
(obsolete) A devotee.
(obsolete) A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.
Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.
* 2007 , Scott Smith, The Ruins , page 236
Devout is a related term of vehement.
As adjectives the difference between devout and vehement
is that devout is devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious while vehement is vehement.As a noun devout
is (obsolete) a devotee.devout
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- a devout man, and one that feared God
- We must be constant and devout in the worship of God.
- devout''' sighs; '''devout''' eyes; a '''devout posture
- devout wishes for one's welfare
Noun
(s)References
*vehement
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Amy shook her head, vehement . "The vine didn't kill them. The Mayans did. They tried to flee and the Mayans shot them. The vine just claimed their bodies once they'd been shot. There's no thought involved in that.
