Heathen vs Hymn - What's the difference?
heathen | hymn |
Not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.
(by extension) Uncultured; uncivilized; savage, philistine.
(pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry).
A person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion; a pagan.
* V. Knox
(by extension) An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.
(an adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry).
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 heathen and hymn
is that heathen is an adherent of the germanic neo-pagan faith of heathenry while hymn is a song of praise or worship.As an adjective heathen
is pertaining or adhering to the germanic neo-pagan faith heathenry.As a verb hymn is
to sing (a hymn).heathen
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Adjective
(-)Noun
(s)- If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens .
Coordinate terms
*Derived terms
* heathendom * heathenish * heathenism * heathenize * heathennesshymn
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.