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Veteration vs Veneration - What's the difference?

veteration | veneration |

As nouns the difference between veteration and veneration

is that veteration is aging while veneration is the act of venerating or the state of being venerated.

veteration

English

Noun

(-)
  • (rare) aging

    • Related terms

    * veterate

    veneration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
  • (senseid)Profound reverence, respect or awe.
  • * 1848 , , Vanity Fair , Bradbury and Evans, page 2:
    • In Miss Jemima's eyes an autograph letter of her sister, Miss Pinkerton, was an object of as deep veneration as would have been a letter from a sovereign.
  • Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.

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