Archangel vs. Choir — What's the Difference?

An archangel is an angel of high rank. The word archangel itself is usually associated with the Abrahamic religions, but beings that are very similar to archangels are found in a number of religious traditions.

A choir (; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.

A high-ranking angel.

An organized company of singers, especially one performing church music or singing in a church.

Archangels The eighth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.

The part of a church used by such a company of singers.

A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).

The part of the chancel in a cruciform church that is occupied by this company of singers.

Synonym of angelica

A group of instruments of the same kind

A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.

A division of some pipe organs, containing pipes suitable for accompanying a choir.

A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).

An organized group

An angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy

One of the orders of angels.

A biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally

To sing in chorus.

A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.

(architecture) The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.

One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.

Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.

A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service.

That part of a church appropriated to the singers.

The chancel.

A chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony

A family of similar musical instrument playing together

The area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave

Sing in a choir