Deviation vs. Devotion — What's the Difference?

The action of departing from an established course or accepted standard

Ardent, often selfless affection and dedication, as to a person or principle.

The amount by which a single measurement differs from a fixed value such as the mean

Religious ardor or zeal; piety.

The deflection of a ship's compass needle caused by iron in the ship.

Often devotions An act of religious observance or prayer, especially when private.

The act of deviating or turning aside.

A religious text presenting a prayer, frequently accompanied by an introductory scriptural passage and a homiletic gloss.

An instance of this

The act of devoting or the state of being devoted

Divergence from an accepted idea, policy, or norm of behavior

(uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.

An instance of this; an abnormality or departure from a norm

(uncountable) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication

Deflection of a compass needle caused by local magnetic influence, especially on a ship.

(uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.

(Statistics) The difference, especially the absolute difference, between one number in a set of data and the mean of that set of data.

A prayer often found in the plural

The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.

Religious offerings; alms.

A departure from the correct way of acting.

The act of devoting; consecration.

The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

The state of being devoted; addiction; eager inclination; strong attachment love or affection; zeal; especially, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts of worship; devoutness.

A detour in a road or railway.

Act of devotedness or devoutness; manifestation of strong attachment; act of worship; prayer.

(aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.

Disposal; power of disposal.

(contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.

A thing consecrated; an object of devotion.

(Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.

Feelings of ardent love;

(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.

Commitment to some purpose;

(metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.

Religious zeal; willingness to serve God

The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.

(usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently);

The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.

The difference between an expected value of an observation or measurement and the actual value.

A variation that deviates from the standard or norm;

The difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function

The error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances

Deviate behavior

A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);