different between reverential vs saintly

English

reverential (comparative more reverential, superlative most reverential)

Showing or characterized by reverence; respectful.
Synonym: reverent
Antonym: irreverential
- 2012, Jill Dolan, The Feminist Spectator as Critic (University of Michigan Press, ?ISBN), page 94:
  The reverential tone intensified as this section progressed. When each spectator had purportedly become her mother, she was invited to share her mother's wisdom, prefaced by the words "I always said."

From Middle English *saintli (suggested by seyntly (adverb)), equivalent to saint +? -ly. Compare saintlike.

saintly (comparative saintlier, superlative saintliest)

Like or characteristic of a saint; befitting a holy person; saintlike.
Sophie led a saintly life.

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