Gym vs Hymn - What's the difference?
gym | hymn |
Short form of gymnasium.
(weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise.
* 2008 , Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in'' Nate Green, ''Built for Show , page xii
physical education class
To go to the gym.
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
As nouns the difference between gym and hymn
is that gym is short form of gymnasium while hymn is a song of praise or worship.As verbs the difference between gym and hymn
is that gym is to go to the gym while hymn is to sing (a hymn).gym
English
Noun
(en noun)- Working out in commercial gyms , if anything, made my workouts worse instead of better.
Synonyms
* (sports facility for exercise) fitness center, health club, sports clubDerived terms
* gym knickers * gym muscles * gym rat * gym shoe * gymslipVerb
(gym)- On Wednesdays I hike; on Fridays I gym .
Anagrams
* ----hymn
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.