The difference between Secular and Worldly

When used as adjectives, secular means not specifically religious, whereas worldly means concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.

Secular is also noun with the meaning: a secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.

Worldly is also adverb with the meaning: in a worldly manner.

check bellow for the other definitions of Secular and Worldly

  1. Secular as an adjective:

    Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.

  2. Secular as an adjective:

    Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.

  3. Secular as an adjective (Christianity):

    Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.

    Examples:

    "secular clergy in Catholicism"

  4. Secular as an adjective:

    Happening once in an age or century.

    Examples:

    "The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next."

  5. Secular as an adjective:

    Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.

    Examples:

    "The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena."

    "on a secular basis"

  6. Secular as an adjective (literary):

    Centuries-old, ancient.

  7. Secular as an adjective (astrophysics, geology):

    Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.

  8. Secular as an adjective (atomic physics):

    Unperturbed over time.

  1. Secular as a noun:

    A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Burke"

  2. Secular as a noun:

    A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Busby"

  3. Secular as a noun:

    A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.

  1. Worldly as an adjective:

    Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.

  2. Worldly as an adjective:

    Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.

  3. Worldly as an adjective:

    Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.

  1. Worldly as an adverb:

    In a worldly manner.

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