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Sonnet vs Hymn - What's the difference?

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Sonnet is a related term of hymn.


In lang=en terms the difference between sonnet and hymn

is that sonnet is to compose sonnets while hymn is to praise or extol in hymns.

As nouns the difference between sonnet and hymn

is that sonnet is a fixed verse form of italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes while hymn is a song of praise or worship.

As verbs the difference between sonnet and hymn

is that sonnet is to compose sonnets while hymn is to sing (a hymn).

sonnet

English

(wikipedia sonnet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
  • See also

    * poem * English sonnet * Italian sonnet * quatorzain

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To compose sonnets.
  • * Milton
  • Strains that come almost to sonneting .

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    hymn

    English

    (wikipedia hymn)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A song of praise or worship.
  • *
  • *:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
  • Derived terms

    * hymnal * hymnbook * hymnodist * hymnody * hymnology * hymnographer * hymnography

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sing (a hymn).
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 21, author=Michael Coveney, title=Tom O'Horgan, work=The Guardian citation
  • , passage=An unknown cast, including Diane Keaton, hymned the Age of Aquarius, stripped off at the end of the first act and let the sunshine in at the end of the second. }}
  • To praise or extol in hymns.
  • * Keble
  • To hymn the bright of the Lord.
  • * Byron
  • Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine.

    See also

    * theody ----