Worship vs Bestow - What's the difference?
worship | bestow |
(obsolete) The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
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*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.3:
*:Then he forth on his journey did proceede, / To seeke adventures which mote him befall, / And win him worship through his warlike deed.
The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
*(John Tillotson) (1630-1694)
*:The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
(by extension) The ardent love of a something.
An object of worship.
*(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (1807-1882)
*:In attitude and aspect formed to be / At once the artist's worship and despair.
Honour; respect; civil deference.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:of which great worth and worship may be won
*(Bible), (w) xiv. 10
*:Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
* Carew
To participate in religious ceremonies.
To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.
* 1611 , King James Bible, Luke 12:17:
* 1977 , ", HarperCollins, page 358:
To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
* 1838 , Ben Jonson, The works of Ben Jonson :
To dispose of.
* 1810 , Robert Dodsley, Sir Walter Scott, The Ancient British drama :
To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone as a gift or honour.
* 2008 , , Userfriendly.org , “
* 1831 , (Mary Shelley),
To give in marriage.
To apply; make use of; use; employ.
* 1887 , John Marston, Arthur Henry Bullen, The Works of John Marston :
(obsolete) To behave or deport.
As a noun worship
is (british) a form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries.As a verb bestow is
to lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.worship
English
(wikipedia worship)Noun
(en-noun)- I will be on horsbak said the knyght / thenne was Arthur wrothe and dressid his sheld toward hym with his swerd drawen / whan the knyght sawe that / he a lyghte / for hym thought no worship to haue a knyght at suche auaille he to be on horsbak and he on foot and so he alyght & dressid his sheld vnto Arthur
Derived terms
* freedom of worship * Her Worship * His Worship * house of worship * place of worship * Worship * worshipability * worshipable * worshipful * Worshipful Master * worshipfully * worshipfulness * worshipped * worshipping * worshippingly * worshipworthy * Your WorshipSynonyms
* adoration * reverence * idolatryVerb
- God is to be worshipped .
- When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones.
- With bended knees I daily worship her.
- We worship at the church down the road.
bestow
English
Verb
(en verb)- And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.
- Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed .
- Well, my masters, I'll leave him with you; now I see him bestowed , I'll go look for my goods, and Numps.
- Here are blank warrants of all dispositions; give me but the name and nature of your malefactor, and I'll bestow him according to his merits.
- Medals were bestowed on the winning team.
The Large Hadron Collider Game”
- CERN bestows slush fund on the LHC. Take all pennies from the CERN space.
- Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me.
- [...] I determine to bestow Some time in learning languages abroad; [...]