{"id":72207,"date":"2019-09-17T05:22:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T05:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72207"},"modified":"2019-09-17T05:22:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T05:22:09","slug":"ceremonial-vs-ceremonious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/ceremonial-vs-ceremonious\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceremonial vs. Ceremonious"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper\">\n<section id=\"main\">The words <b>ceremonial<\/b> and <b>ceremonious<\/b> have more or less the same meaning. They are often used interchangeably. However, in some contexts one is preferred to the other.<\/p>\n<p><b> Ceremonial means &#8216;relating to formal religious or public events&#8217;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Everyone wore formal clothes that suit the <b>ceremonial occasion<\/b>.<br \/>\nThe museum exhibits everything from <b>ceremonial headdresses<\/b> to modern artwork.<\/p>\n<p>There are some fixed expressions with <b>ceremonial<\/b>. Examples are: <b>ceremonial garb, ceremonial dress, ceremonial offering<\/b> and <b>ceremonial dance<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The Sikhs, for example, are known for wearing ceremonial daggers.<\/p>\n<h2>Ceremonious<\/h2>\n<p><b> Ceremonious <\/b>means &#8216;formally polite&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors were given a <b>ceremonious reception<\/b>. (NOT The visitors were given a ceremonial reception.)<br \/>\nAfter the <b>ceremonious addresses<\/b> there were some stage performances by the students.<br \/>\nThey are rivals but whenever they meet in public, they greet each other with a <b>ceremonious display <\/b>of friendship.<\/p>\n<p>Fixed expressions with ceremonious: <b>ceremonious welcome, ceremonious address, ceremonious manners, ceremonious speech<\/b> etc.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The words ceremonial and ceremonious have more or less the same meaning. They are often used interchangeably. However, in some contexts one is preferred to the other. Ceremonial means &#8216;relating to formal religious or&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1388,1389],"class_list":["post-72207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-ceremonial","tag-ceremonious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72208,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72207\/revisions\/72208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}