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Hymn vs Mantra - What's the difference?

hymn | mantra |

As nouns the difference between hymn and mantra

is that hymn is a song of praise or worship while mantra is the hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.

As a verb hymn

is to sing (a hymn).

hymn

English

(wikipedia hymn)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A song of praise or worship.
  • *
  • *: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.

    • Derived terms

    * hymnal * hymnbook * hymnodist * hymnody * hymnology * hymnographer * hymnography

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sing (a hymn).
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 21, author=Michael Coveney, title=Tom O'Horgan, work=The Guardian citation
    • , 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
    • To hymn the bright of the Lord.
  • * Byron
    • Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine.

    See also

    * theody ----

    mantra

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
  • A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation, originally in Hinduism.
  • (label) A slogan or phrase often repeated.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2014
    • , date=November 14 , author=Stephen Halliday , title=Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero , work=The Scotsman citation , page= , passage=The pre-match mantra from the Scotland camp may have been of it not being a “must win” game but that fooled no-one, Poland’s win in Georgia earlier last night simply crystallised how vital it was for the Scots not to lose any more ground at this stage of an intensely competitive campaign.}}

    See also

    * aum, om ----