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Ritual vs Superstition - What's the difference?

ritual | superstition |

As nouns the difference between ritual and superstition

is that ritual is ritual, rite while superstition is superstition.

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

    superstition

    English

    (wikipedia superstition)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A belief, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that future events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way.

    • Related terms

    * superstitious