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Supplication vs Lamentation - What's the difference?

supplication | lamentation |

As nouns the difference between supplication and lamentation

is that supplication is an act of supplicating; a humble request while lamentation is the act of lamenting.

supplication

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of supplicating; a humble request.
  • A prayer or entreaty to a god.

    • lamentation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of lamenting.
  • A sorrowful cry; a lament.
  • Specifically, mourning.
  • lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge
  • A group of swans.

    • Related terms

    * lament * lamentable * lamented

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