Reformation vs Awakening - What's the difference?
reformation | awakening |
An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs.
Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
(religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
(figurative) Being roused into action or activity.
* 2007 , Abigail Brenner, Women's Rites of Passage (page 25)
As nouns the difference between reformation and awakening
is that reformation is an improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs while awakening is the act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.As a proper noun Reformation
is the religious movement initiated by Martin Luther in the 16th century to reform the Roman Catholic Church.As an adjective awakening is
rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.As a verb awakening is
present participle of lang=en.reformation
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* (Protestant Reformation)awakening
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(en noun)- When I invited women to decide for themselves which rite of passage to talk or write about, I found that only a few chose their sexual awakening .