Prayer vs Devotional - What's the difference?
prayer | devotional |
A practice of communicating with one's God.
The act of praying.
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, title= The specific words or methods used for praying.
A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
A request; a petition.
(usually, religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship.
As nouns the difference between prayer and devotional
is that prayer is a practice of communicating with one's God while devotional is a piece of music or writing about or pertaining to devotion.As an adjective devotional is
of or pertaining to devotion or worship.prayer
English
(wikipedia prayer)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer .}}
Synonyms
* orison, precationDerived terms
* not have a prayer * prayer book * prayer meeting * friday prayer * prayer wheelEtymology 2
(pray).devotional
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Adjective
(en adjective)- She spent much time playing devotional music.