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Lesson vs Homily - What's the difference?

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Lesson is a related term of homily.


As nouns the difference between lesson and homily

is that lesson is a section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided while homily is a sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.

As a verb lesson

is to give a lesson to; to teach.

lesson

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
  • A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
  • Something learned or to be learned.
  • Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.
  • A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.
  • A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
  • * Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
  • She would give her a lesson for walking so late.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • (music) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
  • Synonyms

    * (l) * (religious reading) lection

    Derived terms

    * object lesson * private lessons

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give a lesson to; to teach.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.vi:
  • her owne daughter Pleasure, to whom shee / Made her companion, and her lessoned / In all the lore of loue, and goodly womanhead.
  • * Byron
  • To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, / Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad.

    See also

    * (wikipedia "lesson") *

    homily

    English

    Noun

    (homilies)
  • A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.
  • *
  • A moralizing lecture.
  • * Byron
  • As I have heard my father / Deal out in his long homilies .
  • A platitude.