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Hymn vs Serenade - What's the difference?

hymn | serenade |

As verbs the difference between hymn and serenade

is that hymn is to sing (a hymn) while serenade is .

As a noun hymn

is a song of praise or worship.

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 ----

    serenade

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia serenade) (en noun)
  • a love song that is sung directly to one's love interest, especially one performed below the window of a loved one in the evening
  • (music) an instrumental composition in several movements

    • Verb

  • to sing or play a serenade (for someone)
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/14/england-scotland-international-friendly]
    • The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance.