sacred writing vs scripture

scripture vs sacred writing

sacred writing and scripture both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sacred writing	Yes	No	No	No
scripture	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, scripture is a hyponym of sacred writing; that is, scripture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sacred writing:

sacred writing: writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity
scripture: any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group

Other hyponyms of sacred writing include sacred scripture, Bible, Book, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word of God, Paralipomenon, Testament, evangel, Gospel, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Synoptics, prayer, service book, Apocrypha, sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature, Pseudepigrapha, Talmudic literature, Veda, Vedic literature, mantra, psalm.

sacred writing (noun)	scripture (noun)
writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity	any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group

Difference between sacred writing and scripture

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