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Hallow vs Deify - What's the difference?

hallow | deify |

In lang=en terms the difference between hallow and deify

is that hallow is to make holy, to sanctify while deify is to treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity.

As verbs the difference between hallow and deify

is that hallow is to make holy, to sanctify or hallow can be to shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting while deify is to make a god of (something or someone).

As a noun hallow

is (archaic|or|dialectal) a saint; a holy person; an apostle or hallow can be a shout, cry; a hulloo.

As an adjective hallow

is .

hallow

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia hallow) From (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
  • All Hallows''' Eve'' (or Halloween), the night before ''All '''Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints Day").
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l) * (l) * (l), (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make holy, to sanctify.
  • *
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) halowen, from , probably conflated with (etyl) halloer.

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shout, cry; a hulloo.
  • * 1777 , Robin Hood's Chase , reprinted in
  • Then away they went from merry Sherwood / And into Yorkshire he did hie / And the King did follow, with a hoop and a hallow / But could not come him nigh.
  • *
  • I told them, the sherriff could not be admitted on board this time of night, on which they set up a hallow and rowed as fast as they could towards the vessel's bows.

    Etymology 4

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • *
  • *
  • deify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a god of (something or someone).
  • To treat as worthy of worship; to regard as a deity.
  • Synonyms

    * (to make a god of something): apotheosize, exalt, idealize