worship vs praise

praise vs worship

worship and praise both are nouns.

worship and praise both are verbs.

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

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

worship: the activity of worshipping
praise: offering words of homage as an act of worship

Other hyponyms of worship include apotheosis, deification, exaltation, ancestor worship, prayer, supplication, idolisation, idolization, adoration, latria, idol worship, idolatry, cultism, devotion, 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, necrolatry.

worship (noun)	praise (noun)
the activity of worshipping	an expression of approval and commendation
a feeling of profound love and admiration	offering words of homage as an act of worship

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

Difference between worship and praise

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