belongings vs worldly goods

worldly goods vs belongings

belongings and worldly goods both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
belongings	Yes	No	No	No
worldly goods	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, worldly goods is a hyponym of belongings; that is, worldly goods is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than belongings:

belongings: something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
worldly goods: all the property that someone possesses

Other hyponyms of belongings include material possession, tangible possession, worldly belongings, worldly possessions, ratables, rateables, hereditament, intellectual property, community property, personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property, things, immovable, real estate, real property, realty, commonage, landholding, salvage, shareholding, church property, spirituality, spiritualty, lease, letting, rental, trade-in, public property, wealth, estate, heirloom, stockholding, stockholdings, trust.

belongings (noun)	worldly goods (noun)
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone	all the property that someone possesses

Difference between belongings and worldly goods

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