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What is the difference between hymnal and hymn?

hymnal | hymn |

Hymn is a derived term of hymnal.

Hymn is a related term of hymnal.



As nouns the difference between hymnal and hymn

is that hymnal is a collection of hymns; a hymn book while hymn is a song of praise or worship.

As an adjective hymnal

is of or pertaining to hymns.

As a verb hymn is

to sing (a hymn).

hymnal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A collection of hymns; a hymn book.

    • Derived terms

    * sing from the same hymnal

    Related terms

    * hymn * hymnody * hymnodist * hymnology * hymnbook * hymnally

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to hymns

    • 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 ----