Sanctify vs Acknowledge - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between sanctify and acknowledge

is that sanctify is to endorse with religious sanction while acknowledge is to admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a god.

sanctify

English

Verb

(en-verb)

To make holy; to consecrate. Set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

To free from sin; to purify.

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified , but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.

To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

To endorse with religious sanction.

Synonyms

* (to make holy) consecrate, hallow * (to free from sin) cleanse, purify

Antonyms

* profane

References

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acknowledge

English

Alternative forms

* acknowledg (obsolete)

Verb

(acknowledg)

To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a god.

:* I acknowledge my transgressions. - ''Psalm 51:3 .

:* ''For ends generally acknowledged to be good. -

To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.

:* In all thy ways acknowledge Him. - ''Proverbs 3:6

:* By my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee. - , III-v

To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor.

:* ''They his gifts acknowledged none. -

To notify receipt, as of a letter.

To own as genuine or valid; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.

Usage notes

* Acknowledge'' is opposed to keep back, or conceal, and supposes that something had been previously known to us (though perhaps not to others) which we now feel bound to lay open or make public. Thus, a man ''acknowledges'' a secret marriage; one who has done wrong ''acknowledges'' his fault; and author ''acknowledges'' his obligation to those who have aided him; we ''acknowledge our ignorance. * Recognize'' supposes that we have either forgotten or not had the evidence of a thing distinctly before our minds, but that now we know it (as it were) anew, or receive and admit in on the ground of the evidence it brings. Thus, we ''recognize'' a friend after a long absence. We ''recognize'' facts, principles, truths, etc., when their evidence is brought up fresh to the mind; as, bad men usually ''recognize'' the providence of God in seasons of danger. A foreign minister, consul, or agent, of any kind, is ''recognized on the ground of his producing satisfactory credentials. * See also confess

Synonyms

* avow, proclaim, recognize, own, admit, allow, concede, confess

Derived terms

* acknowledgeable * acknowledged * acknowledgedly * acknowledge the corn * acknowledged