Ditty vs Hymn - What's the difference?
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A short verse or tune.
* Milton
* Sandys
A saying or utterance, especially one that is short and frequently repeated.
* Spenser
To sing; to warble a little tune.
* Herbert
A song of praise or worship.
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*:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
To sing (a hymn).
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 21, author=Michael Coveney, title=Tom O'Horgan, work=The Guardian
, passage=An unknown cast, including Diane Keaton, hymned the Age of Aquarius, stripped off at the end of the first act and let the sunshine in at the end of the second. }}
To praise or extol in hymns.
* Keble
* Byron
Ditty is a related term of hymn.
As nouns the difference between ditty and hymn
is that ditty is a short verse or tune while hymn is a song of praise or worship.As verbs the difference between ditty and hymn
is that ditty is to sing; to warble a little tune while hymn is to sing (a hymn).ditty
English
Noun
(ditties)- The Acme mattress ditty has been stuck in my head all day.
- Religious, martial, or civil ditties.
- And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing.
- O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme.
Verb
- Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes.
See also
* ditty bag * doggerel * jinglehymn
English
(wikipedia hymn)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* hymnal * hymnbook * hymnodist * hymnody * hymnology * hymnographer * hymnographyVerb
(en verb)citation
- To hymn the bright of the Lord.
- Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine.