Adoration vs. Adornation — What's the Difference?

Adoration is respect, reverence, strong admiration, or love in a certain person, place, or thing. The term comes from the Latin adōrātiō, meaning "to give homage or worship to someone or something".

(obsolete) adornment

The act of worship.

Adornment.

Profound love or regard.

An act of religious worship.

(uncountable) Admiration or esteem.

(uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.

(historical) The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).

(religion) Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.

The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god.

Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion.

A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave.

A feeling of profound love and admiration

The act of admiring strongly

Worship given to God alone