Warship or worship?
warship is a noun meaning “Any ship built or armed for naval combat”; worship is a noun meaning “The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) worship is about 14 times as common as warship.
What is the difference between warship and worship?
| warship | worship | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Meaning | Any ship built or armed for naval combat A spacecraft built or armed for space warfare UKA British Rail Class 41 locomotive, dating from the late 1950s | The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperdulia that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all… To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of |
| Example | none recorded | Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground |
| Forms | warships | worships |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɔːˌʃɪp/ /ˈwɔɹˌʃɪp/ | /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/ /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/ /ˈwɔɹ.ʃɪp/ |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words | 19 times per million words |
Sources: warship and worship in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of warship and worship
warship
- 1
Any ship built or armed for naval combat
- 2
UKA British Rail Class 41 locomotive, dating from the late 1950s
- 3
A spacecraft built or armed for space warfare
worship
- 1
The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground
- 2
To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of
- 3
UKA form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries
- 4
The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperdulia that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints
- 5
To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize
- 6
The religious ceremonies that express this devotion
- 7
To participate in religious ceremonies
We worship at the church down the road
- 8
Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, warship or worship?
warship appears 1.4 times per million words; worship 19 times per million words.
warship 1.4 times per million wordsworship 19 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).