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Religious vs Devotional - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between religious and devotional

is that religious is concerning religion while devotional is of or pertaining to devotion or worship.

As nouns the difference between religious and devotional

is that religious is a member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun while devotional is a piece of music or writing about or pertaining to devotion.

religious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Concerning religion.
    • It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
  • Committed to the practice of religion.
    • I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
  • Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
    • I'm a religious fan of college basketball.

    Antonyms

    * (concerning religion) * (committed to religion) * (highly dedicated)

    Hyponyms

    * Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i, Wiccan, Eckist, Druid, Jain, , Sikh, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Unitarian Universalist, New Ager, reconstructionist, LaVeyan Satanist, Scientologist, Rastafarian, Taoist, pagan, spiritist, humanist, Thelemite, Confucianist

    Related terms

    * irreligious * religion * religious education * religious leader * religious order * religious studies * religiously * religiousness * sacrilegious

    Noun

    (religious)
  • A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 354:
    • Towards the end of the seventh century the monks of Fleury [...] clandestinely excavated the body of Benedict himself, plus the corpse of his even more shadowy sister and fellow religious , Scholastica.

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    devotional

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece of music or writing about or pertaining to devotion.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (usually, religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship.
    • She spent much time playing devotional music.

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