Difference between Prayer and Appeal

What is the difference between Prayer and Appeal?

Prayer as a noun is a practice of communicating with one's god. while Appeal as a noun is (a) an application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reëxamination or review. (b) the mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) the right of appeal. (d) an accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public. (e) an accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. --tomlins. --bouvier.

Prayer

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A practice of communicating with one's God. The act of praying. The specific words or methods used for praying. A meeting held for the express purpose of praying. A request; a petition. One who prays.

Example sentence: You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer.

Appeal

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To accuse (someone of something).To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision. --Tomlins. WPTo call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.To be attractive; as, that idea appeals to me means I find the idea attractive.To ask an umpire for a decision of whether a batsman is out or not

Part of speech: noun

Definition: (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reëxamination or review. (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) The right of appeal. (d) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public. (e) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. --Tomlins. --Bouvier.A summons to answer to a charge. --John Dryden.A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.Resort to physical means; recourse.The power to attract or interestthe act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision of whether a batsman is out or not.

Example sentence: I'm kind of a good girl - and I'm not. I'm a good girl because I really believe in love, integrity, and respect. I'm a bad girl because I like to tease. I know that I have sex appeal in my deck of cards. But I like to get people thinking. That's what the stories in my music do.

We hope you now know whether to use Prayer or Appeal in your sentence.

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