Enshrine vs Dedicate - What's the difference?
enshrine | dedicate |
To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.
To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.
*2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 256:
*:At the centre of Muhammad's achievement was the extraordinary poetry which enshrined his revelations.
To protect an idea, ideal, or philosophy within an official law or treaty
To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
To set apart for a special use
To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
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
(obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
* Shakespeare
* (George Henry Calvert)
In lang=en terms the difference between enshrine and dedicate
is that enshrine is to preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence while dedicate is to show to the public for the first time.As verbs the difference between enshrine and dedicate
is that enshrine is to enclose (a sacred relic etc) in a shrine or chest while dedicate is to set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.As an adjective dedicate is
(obsolete) dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.enshrine
English
Verb
(enshrin)- Other measures, such as compensation for victims, will be enshrined in the proposed new law.
dedicate
English
Verb
(dedicat)- dedicated their money to scientific research.
- dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.
- dedicate a monument.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Dedicate to nothing temporal.
- His life is dedicate to worthiness.
