worship vs prayer

prayer vs worship

worship and prayer both are nouns.

worship is a verb but prayer is not a verb.

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

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

worship: the activity of worshipping
prayer: the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

Other hyponyms of worship include apotheosis, deification, exaltation, ancestor worship, 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, praise, necrolatry.

worship (noun)	prayer (noun)
the activity of worshipping	the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
a feeling of profound love and admiration	earnest or urgent request
	a fixed text used in praying
	reverent petition to a deity
	someone who prays to God

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

Difference between worship and prayer

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