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Canticles vs Psalms - What's the difference?

canticles | psalms |

As nouns the difference between canticles and psalms

is that canticles is plural of canticle while psalms is plural of lang=en.

As a proper noun Psalms is

a book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.

canticles

English

Noun

(head)

    • psalms

    English

    (Psalms)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.

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    Usage notes

    Each "chapter" of the Book of Psalms is actually an individual psalm — an individual poem or hymn. Thus, when referring to a specifically numbered Psalm, the singular is preferred. It is Psalm 23, and not Psalms 23.