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Awe vs. Veneration — What's the Difference?

Awe vs. Veneration — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Awe and Veneration

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Awe

Awe is an emotion comparable to wonder but less joyous. On Robert Plutchik's wheel of emotions awe is modeled as a combination of surprise and fear.

Veneration

Veneration (Latin: veneratio; Greek: τιμάω timáō), or veneration of saints, is the act of honoring a saint, a person who has been identified as having a high degree of sanctity or holiness. Angels are shown similar veneration in many religions.

Awe

A feeling of respect or reverence mixed with dread and wonder, often inspired by something majestic or powerful
"There was a fierce purpose in the gale ... that seemed directed at him, and made him hold his breath in awe" (Joseph Conrad).

Veneration

Great respect; reverence
The traditional veneration of saints

Awe

The power to inspire dread.
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Veneration

A feeling of profound respect or reverence
An object held in veneration.

Awe

Dread.

Veneration

The act of venerating
Displayed their veneration of the saint with a procession.

Awe

To fill with awe
Tourists who are awed by the ancient monument.

Veneration

The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.

Awe

A feeling of fear and reverence.

Veneration

Profound reverence, respect or awe.

Awe

A feeling of amazement.

Veneration

Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.

Awe

(archaic) Power to inspire awe.

Veneration

The act of venerating, or the state of being venerated; the highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with awe; a feeling or sentiment excited by the dignity, wisdom, or superiority of a person, by sacredness of character, by consecration to sacred services, or by hallowed associations.
We find a secret awe and veneration for one who moves about us in a regular and illustrious course of virtue.

Awe

(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.

Veneration

A profound emotion inspired by a deity;
The fear of God

Awe

(transitive) To control by inspiring dread.

Veneration

Religious zeal; willingness to serve God

Awe

Dread; great fear mingled with respect.
His frown was full of terror, and his voiceShook the delinquent with such fits of awe.

Awe

The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.
There is an awe in mortals' joy,A deep mysterious fear.
To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe.
The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe - the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power.

Awe

To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
That same eye whose bend doth awe the world.
His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders.

Awe

An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration;
He stared over the edge with a feeling of awe

Awe

A profound emotion inspired by a deity;
The fear of God

Awe

Inspire awe in;
The famous professor awed the undergraduates

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