The difference between Blessed and Sacred

When used as adjectives, blessed means having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing, whereas sacred means characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense.

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  1. Blessed as an adjective:

    Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

  2. Blessed as an adjective (Roman Catholicism):

    A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.

  3. Blessed as an adjective:

    Held in veneration; revered.

  4. Blessed as an adjective:

    Worthy of worship; holy.

  5. Blessed as an adjective (informal):

    An intensifier; damned.

    Examples:

    "Not one blessed person offered to help me out."

  1. Blessed as a verb:

  1. Sacred as an adjective:

    Characterized by solemn religious ceremony or religious use, especially, in a positive sense; consecrated; made holy.

    Examples:

    "a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service"

  2. Sacred as an adjective:

    Religious; relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular

  3. Sacred as an adjective:

    Spiritual; concerned with metaphysics.

  4. Sacred as an adjective:

    Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.

  5. Sacred as an adjective:

    Not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.

  6. Sacred as an adjective (followed by the preposition "to"):

    Consecrated; dedicated; devoted

  7. Sacred as an adjective (archaic):

    Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.

  1. Sacred as a verb:

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