Hymn
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a song of praise or worship
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To sing a hymn; to praise or worship by singing.
Example sentence: At four lines, with the quatrain, we reach the basic stanza form familiar from a whole range of English poetic practice. This is the length of the ballad stanza, the verse of a hymn, and innumerable other kinds of verse.
Anthem
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Antiphon.A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.A hymn of praise or loyalty.A very popular song or track.
Example sentence: The most scared I'd ever been was the first time I sang at a rugby match, Australia versus New Zealand, in front of one hundred thousand people. I had a panic attack the night before because people have been booed off and never worked again... just singing one song, the national anthem.