sacrament vs confirmation

sacrament and confirmation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sacrament	Yes	No	No	No
confirmation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, confirmation is a hyponym of sacrament; that is, confirmation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sacrament:

sacrament: a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
confirmation: a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church

Other hyponyms of sacrament include Eucharist, Eucharistic liturgy, Holy Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, sacrament of the Eucharist, matrimony, baptism, penance, anointing of the sick, extreme unction, last rites, holy order.

sacrament (noun)	confirmation (noun)
a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction	a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
	a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
	additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
	information that confirms or verifies
	making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it

sacrament vs confirmation

sacrament and confirmation both are nouns.

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