Reverence vs. Worship — What's the Difference?

A feeling of profound awe and respect and often love.

Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity. For many, worship is not about an emotion, it is more about a recognition of a God.

An act showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy.

The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.

Reverence Used as a form of address for certain members of the Christian clergy

The ceremonies, prayers, or other religious forms by which this love is expressed

To consider or treat with profound awe and respect; venerate

Ardent admiration or love; adoration

Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.

Often Worship Chiefly British Used as a form of address for magistrates, mayors, and certain other dignitaries

An act of showing respect, such as a bow.

To honor and love as a deity.

The state of being revered.

To regard with ardent or adoring esteem or devotion.

A form of address for some members of the clergy.

The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.

That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.

The adoration owed to God alone, as greater than the veneration that may be accorded to figures such as saints.

(transitive) To show or feel reverence to.

The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.

Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.

(by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.

The act of revering; a token of respect or veneration; an obeisance.

(also by extension) Ardent love.

That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.

An object of worship.

A person entitled to be revered; - a title applied to priests or other ministers with the pronouns his or your; sometimes poetically to a father.

Honour; respect; civil deference.

To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and affection mingled with fear; to venerate.

Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates

A profound emotion inspired by a deity;

(obsolete) The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.

A reverent mental attitude

(transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.

Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of;

(transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.

(intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.

Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.

Honor; respect; civil deference.

Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station.

The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God.

Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.

An object of worship.

To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.

To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.

To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.

To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.

The activity of worshipping

A feeling of profound love and admiration

Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol;

Show devotion to (a deity);

Attend religious services;