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Rejoice vs Triumph - What's the difference?

rejoice | triumph |

In obsolete terms the difference between rejoice and triumph

is that rejoice is to enjoy while triumph is a trump card.

As verbs the difference between rejoice and triumph

is that rejoice is to be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy while triumph is to celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.

As a noun triumph is

a conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.

rejoice

English

Alternative forms

* rejoyce

Verb

(rejoic)
  • To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.
  • *1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , Oxford University Press, 1973, ยง6:
  • *:Obscurity, indeed, is painful to the mind as well as to the eye ; but to bring light from obscurity, by whatever labour, must needs to be delightful and rejoicing .
  • (obsolete) To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually.
  • *:
  • *:ye that are a knyghte wyueles that ye wyl not loue some mayden or gentylwoman // but hit is noysed that ye loue quene Gueneuer / and that she hath ordeyned by enchauntement that ye shal neuer loue none other / but her / ne none other damoysel ne lady shall reioyse you
  • To make happy, exhilarate.
  • *(John Arbuthnot) (1667-1735)
  • *:Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made.
  • *1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber, 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p.790-1:
  • *:But good news awaited them in the form of permission to travel about the area replenishing medical stocks in hospitals and clinics, and this task was delegated to Constance, as the newcomer, a fact which rejoiced her.
  • (obsolete) To enjoy.
  • :(Bishop Peacock)
  • triumph

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) triumphe , from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
  • the triumph of knowledge
  • A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a victor.
  • (obsolete) Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Our daughter, / In honour of whose birth these triumphs are, / Sits here, like beauty's child.
  • A state of joy or exultation at success.
  • * Milton
  • Great triumph and rejoicing was in heaven.
  • * Dryden
  • Hercules from Spain / Arrived in triumph , from Geryon slain.
  • (obsolete) A trump card.
  • A card game, also called trump.
  • (historical, Ancient Rome) a ceremony held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement of an army commander.
  • A work of art, cuisine, etc. of very high quality.
  • Scorsese's latest film is a triumph .
    This wedding cake is a triumph .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
  • * Bible, Psalms xciv. 3
  • How long shall the wicked triumph ?
  • * Shakespeare
  • Sorrow on thee and all the pack of you / That triumph thus upon my misery!
  • To prevail over rivals, challenges, or difficulties.
  • To succeed, win, or attain ascendancy.
  • * Macaulay
  • On this occasion, however, genius triumphed.
  • To be prosperous; to flourish.
  • * Trumbull
  • where commerce triumphed on the favouring gales
  • To play a trump in a card game.
  • (Ben Jonson)