Sanctuary vs Haven - What's the difference?
sanctuary | haven | Synonyms |
A place of safety, refuge or protection.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword An area set aside for protection.
A state of being protected, asylum.
The consecrated (or sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.
A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
* Shakespeare
* Tennyson
(by extension) A place of safety; a refuge or sanctuary.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 21
, author=Helen Pidd
, title=Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis
, work=the Guardian
Haven is a synonym of sanctuary.
As nouns the difference between sanctuary and haven
is that sanctuary is a place of safety, refuge, or protection while haven is a harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.As a verb haven is
to put into, or provide with a haven.sanctuary
English
(wikipedia sanctuary)Noun
(sanctuaries)citation, passage=‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary ,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’}}
- My car is a sanctuary , where none can disturb me except for people who cut me off.
- The bird sanctuary has strict restrictions on visitors so the birds aren't disturbed.
- The government granted sanctuary to the defector, protecting him from his former government.
Synonyms
* haven * presbytery * refuge * zoar * shelterExternal links
* *haven
English
Noun
(en noun)- what shipping and what lading's in our haven
- their haven under the hill
citation, page= , passage=Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.}}