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What is the difference between preach and evangelize?

preach | evangelize |

As verbs the difference between preach and evangelize

is that preach is to give a sermon while evangelize is to tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.

As a noun preach

is a religious discourse.

preach

English

Verb

  • To give a sermon.
  • * , chapter=3
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”  He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
    A local Muslim used to preach from the Quran and hadith.
  • To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
  • * Bible, Isa. lxi. 1
  • The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.
  • To advise or recommend earnestly.
  • * Shakespeare
  • My master preaches patience to him.
  • To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
  • * Southey
  • As ye are preached .

    See also

    * praught

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A religious discourse.
  • (Hooker)

    evangelize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * evangelise ''(not US)

    Verb

    (evangeliz)
  • To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.
  • * Milton
  • His apostles whom he sends / To evangelize the nations.
  • To preach the Quran and sunnah to non-Muslims; to do dawah
  • * 2002 , Ergun Mehmet Caner, ?Emir Fethi Caner, Unveiling Islam: An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs , Page 11
  • nor is it the task of the Muslim to "evangelize" the unbelieving world.
  • To be enthusiastic about something, and to attempt to share that enthusiasm with others