Sermon vs Meditation - What's the difference?
sermon | meditation |
Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
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, title= A lengthy speech of reproval.
(poetic, obsolete) To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
(poetic, obsolete) To tutor; to lecture.
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A devotional exercise of, or leading to contemplation
A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.
As nouns the difference between sermon and meditation
is that sermon is religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter while meditation is a devotional exercise of, or leading to contemplation.As a verb sermon
is to discourse to or of, as in a sermon.sermon
English
Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon , he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
Verb
(en verb)- (Spenser)
- Come, sermon me no further.
