different between chanting vs meditation

English

Etymology

From Middle English chauntynge; equivalent to chant +? -ing.

Verb

chanting

1. present participle of chant

Noun

chanting (usually uncountable, plural chantings)

1. Singing, especially as a chant is sung.

   I remember much chanting in church during my childhood.

   The Synod of Aberdeen forbade 'chantings and choruses' at funerals.

English

Etymology

From Old French meditacion, from Latin meditatio, from meditatus, the past participle of medit?r? (“to meditate, to think over, consider”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure, limit, consider, advise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?d??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

meditation (countable and uncountable, plural meditations)

1. A devotional exercise of, or leading to contemplation.
2. A contemplative discourse, often on a religious or philosophical subject.
3. A musical theme treated in a meditative manner.

Related terms

• meditate
• meditative
• meditativeness
• premeditation

Translations

Anagrams

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Danish

Etymology

From meditere (“to meditate”), from Latin medit?r? (“to meditate, to think over, consider”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meditasjo?n/, [med?it?a??o??n]

Noun

meditation c (singular definite meditationen, plural indefinite meditationer)

1. meditation
2. pondering

Inflection

See also

• meditation on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da