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Hymn vs Versicle - What's the difference?

hymn | versicle |

As nouns the difference between hymn and versicle

is that hymn is a song of praise or worship while versicle is in poetry, and songs, particularly hymns, one of a series of lines that are shorter than a standard line of verse.

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 ----

    versicle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • In poetry, and songs, particularly hymns, one of a series of lines that are shorter than a standard line of verse.