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Pavilion vs Shrine - What's the difference?

pavilion | shrine |

As nouns the difference between pavilion and shrine

is that pavilion is an ornate tent while shrine is a holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.

As verbs the difference between pavilion and shrine

is that pavilion is to furnish with a pavilion while shrine is to enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.

pavilion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an ornate tent
  • a light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place
  • a structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc
  • (cricket) the building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals
  • a detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex
  • the lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet
  • (anatomy) the cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle
  • (anatomy) The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
  • (military) A flag, ensign, or banner.
  • (heraldry) A tent used as a bearing.
  • A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
  • * Shelley
  • The pavilion of heaven is bare.

    Synonyms

    * (part of ear) auricle, pinna

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to furnish with a pavilion
  • to put inside a pavilion
  • (figuratively) to enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour")
  • References

    shrine

    English

    (wikipedia shrine)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
  • A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
  • A place or object hallowed from its history or associations.
  • a shrine of art

    Verb

    (shrin)
  • To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.
  • Shrined in his sanctuary. — Milton.