worship vs devotion

devotion vs worship

worship and devotion both are nouns.

worship is a verb but devotion is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
worship	Yes	No	Yes	No
devotion	Yes	No	No	No

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

worship: the activity of worshipping
devotion: religious zeal; the willingness to serve God

Other hyponyms of worship include apotheosis, deification, exaltation, ancestor worship, prayer, supplication, idolisation, idolization, adoration, latria, idol worship, idolatry, cultism, veneration, autolatry, idiolatry, self-worship, anthropolatry, worship of man, gynaeolatry, gyneolatry, woman-worship, lordolatry, miracle-worship, thaumatolatry, place-worship, topolatry, arborolatry, tree-worship, astrolatry, worship of heavenly bodies, cosmolatry, demonolatry, devil-worship, diabolatry, fire-worship, pyrolatry, hagiolatry, hierolatry, heliolatry, sun-worship, animal-worship, zoolatry, monolatry, moon-worship, selenolatry, salaah, salaat, salah, salat, praise, necrolatry.

worship (noun)	devotion (noun)
the activity of worshipping	(usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently)
a feeling of profound love and admiration	commitment to some purpose
	religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
	feelings of ardent love

worship (verb)	devotion (verb)
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
show devotion to (a deity)
attend religious services

Difference between worship and devotion

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