Hymn vs. Anthem
Hymn and Anthem Definitions
Hymn
A song of praise or thanksgiving to God or a deity.
Anthem
A hymn of praise or loyalty.
Hymn
A song of praise or joy; a paean.
Anthem
A choral composition having a sacred or moralizing text in English.
Hymn
To praise, glorify, or worship in or as if in a hymn.
Anthem
A popular song, especially a rock song felt to sum up the attitudes or feelings associated with a period or social group.
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Hymn
To sing hymns.
Anthem
(archaic) Antiphon.
Hymn
A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.
Anthem
A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.
The school's anthem sang of its many outstanding qualities, and it was hard to keep a straight face while singing.
Hymn
(ambitransitive) To sing a hymn.
Anthem
A hymn of praise or loyalty.
The choir sang a selection of Christmas anthems at the service just before the big day.
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Hymn
(transitive) To praise or extol in hymns.
Anthem
(informal) A very popular song or track.
Hymn
An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thanksgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns.
Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns.
Where angels first should practice hymns, and stringTheir tuneful harps.
Anthem
To celebrate with anthems.
Hymn
To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing.
To hymn the bright of the Lord.
Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine.
Anthem
Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacred music.
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Hymn
To sing in praise or adoration.
Anthem
A song or hymn of praise or devotion; as, a national anthem.
Hymn
A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
Anthem
To celebrate with anthems.
Sweet birds antheming the morn.
Hymn
Sing a hymn
Anthem
A song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)
Hymn
Praise by singing a hymn;
They hymned their love of God
Anthem
A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
