Canonization vs. Beatification: What's the Difference?

Canonization and Beatification Definitions
Canonization
To declare (a deceased person) to be a saint and entitled to be fully honored as such.
Beatification
Roman Catholic Church To proclaim (a deceased person) to be one of the blessed and thus worthy of public religious veneration in a particular region or religious congregation.
Canonization
To include in the biblical canon.
Beatification
To exalt; glorify
"There was no dearth of criticism even after Beethoven was beatified" (Paul Henry Lang).
Canonization
To include in a literary canon.
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Beatification
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.
Canonization
To approve as being within canon law.
Beatification
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, - usually a stage in the process of canonization.
Canonization
To treat as sacred; glorify.
Beatification
A state of supreme happiness
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Canonization
(Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
Beatification
The action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy
Canonization
The state of being canonized or sainted.
Beatification
(Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization
Canonization
Introduction into a canon of artistic or literary works.
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Canonization
The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
Canonization of saints was not known to the Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth century.
Canonization
The state of being canonized or sainted.
Canonization
(Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints