Ritual vs Ceremony - What's the difference?
ritual | ceremony |
As nouns the difference between ritual and ceremony is that ritual is rite; a repeated set of actions while ceremony is a ritual with religious significance. As a adjective ritual is related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
ritual English
Alternative forms
* rituall (obsolete)
Adjective
( en adjective)
Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
- They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.
Derived terms
* ritually
Noun
( en noun)
rite; a repeated set of actions
- They carried out the ritual carefully.
Derived terms
* ritualisation, ritualization
* ritualise, ritualize
* ritualist
* ritualistic
* ritually
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ceremony Alternative forms
* (both archaic)
Noun
( ceremonies)
A ritual with religious significance.
An official gathering to celebrate, commemorate, or otherwise mark some event.
A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks.
(obsolete) An omen or portent.
* 1599 , , II. i. 197:
- For he is superstitious grown of late, / Quite from the main opinion he held once / Of fantasy, of dreams, and ceremonies.
* 1599 , , II. ii. 14:
- Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies, / Yet now they fright me.
Derived terms
* ceremonial
* ceremonially
* ceremonialness
* ceremonious
* ceremoniously
* ceremoniousness
* ramp ceremony
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