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Sentinel vs Saint - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sentinel and saint

is that sentinel is a sentry or guard while saint is a person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue.

As verbs the difference between sentinel and saint

is that sentinel is to watch over as a guard while saint is to canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.

sentinel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sentry or guard.
  • * 1719-
    • They promised faithfully to bear their confinement with patience, and were very thankful that they had such good usage as to have provisions and light left them; for Friday gave them candles (such as we made ourselves) for their comfort; and they did not know but that he stood sentinel over them at the entrance.
  • * Macaulay
    • the sentinels who paced the ramparts
  • (computer science) a unique string of characters recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way; a keyword.
    • The ''<nowiki>'' tag is a sentinel that suspends web-page processing and displays the subsequent text literally.
  • Watch; guard.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • that princes do keep due sentinel
  • A sentinel crab.

    • Verb

  • To watch over as a guard.
    • He sentineled the north wall.
  • To post as guard.
    • He sentineled him on the north wall.
  • To post a guard for.
    • He sentineled the north wall with just one man.

    saint

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia saint) (en noun)
  • A person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue.
    • Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint .
  • (figuratively, by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.
    • Dorothy Day was a living saint .
    Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint !
  • One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God’s service.
    • to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints , with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours. (1Cor. 1:2)
  • One of the blessed in heaven.
  • * Milton
    • Then shall thy saints , unmixed, and from the impure / Far separate, circling thy holy mount, / Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing.

    Synonyms

    * (holy person) (l), sheik

    Related terms

    * sainthood * saintly * saintess

    See also

    * hallow * holos * holy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.
    • Many wish to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately.

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