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Venerate vs Cult - What's the difference?

venerate | cult |

As a verb venerate

is to treat with great respect and deference.

As a noun cult is

a group of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.

As an adjective cult is

of, or relating to a cult.

venerate

English

Verb

(venerat)
  • To treat with great respect and deference.
  • To revere or hold in awe.

    • Related terms

    * revere * venerable * veneration * venerative

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    cult

    English

    (wikipedia cult)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.
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  • Devotion to a saint.
  • (lb) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.

    • Derived terms

    * cargo cult * cultic * cultist

    See also

    * sect

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or relating to a cult.
  • Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
    • a cult horror movie

    Usage notes

    The term has a positive connotation for groups of art, music, writing, fiction, and fashion devotees, but a negative connotation for new religious, extreme political, questionable therapeutic, and pyramidal business groups.

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