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Exalted vs Glorified - What's the difference?

exalted | glorified |

As verbs the difference between exalted and glorified

is that exalted is past tense of exalt while glorified is past tense of glorify.

As adjectives the difference between exalted and glorified

is that exalted is praised, or honored while glorified is transformed into something glorious (often used sarcastically.

exalted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (exalt)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • Praised, or honored.
  • Noble, sublime; heavenly.
  • Elated; blissful.

    • glorified

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (glorify)
    • They sang hymns that glorified God.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • transformed into something glorious (often used sarcastically)
    • Her teaching degree was little more than a glorified babysitting course.
    1959 Andrew Gray, "A treatise on gyrostatics and rotational motion"
  • :* The gyroscope is however merely a glorified spinning top ...
    • 1986 Roy Lubove, "The Struggle for Social Security, 1900-1935"
  • :* Voluntary thrift, embodied in industrial insurance, nurtured character, but social insurance was merely a glorified form of poor law legislation.
    • 2004 Lloyd Manning Wells, "From Anzio to the Alps: an American soldier's story"
  • :* If the captain was only a glorified first aid man as he claimed, the emphasis has to be on the glory he deserved for the way in which he did his job.
    • English sarcastic terms