Difference between Devote and Dedicate

DEVOTE vs DEDICATE: NOUN

Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
Set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use
To give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter.
Dedicate

To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames.
To execrate; to curse.
To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun
To give or apply (one's time, attention, or self, for example) entirely to a particular activity, pursuit, cause, or person.
To set apart for a specific purpose or use.

To set apart for a special use.
To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action: : devote.
To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
To open (a building, for example) to public use.
To show to the public for the first time.
To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly.
To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.
To inscribe or address, as to a patron.
To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.

Devoted; devout.
Synonyms Devote, Dedicate, Consecrate, Hallow, destine, set apart. In dedicate and the cognate words devote, devout, etc., the root idea is always that of a complete mental consecration; thus, devotion (def. 2) is the consecration of the entire mind to God and his worship; and a devout (def. 1) spirit is one entirely absorbed in the worship or service of God. To devote indicates the inward act, state, or feeling; to dedicate is to set apart by a promise, and indicates primarily an external act; to consecrate is to make sacred, and refers to an act affecting the use or relations of the thing consecrated; to hallow is to make holy, and relates to the character of the person or thing hallowed. Thus, we devote ourselves by an act of the mind; we dedicate our lives or property by a more formal act; we consecrate to sacred uses a building not before sacred; and we hallow the name of God, recognizing in it its inherent holy character.
To addict or surrender, as to an occupation or a pursuit; give or yield up; direct in action or thought.
To doom; consign to some harm or evil; doom to destruction: used absolutely, to curse or execrate.
To appropriate by or as if by vow; set apart or dedicate by a solemn act or with firm intention; consecrate.

Consecrated; devoted; appropriated.
To set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose; devote to a sacred use by a solemn act or by religious ceremonies.
To devote with solemnity or earnest purpose, as to some person or end; hence, to devote, apply, or set apart in general.
To inscribe or address (a literary or musical composition) to a patron, friend, or public character, in testimony of respect or affection, or to recommend the work to his protection and favor: as, to dedicate a book.
In law, to devote (property, as land) to public use.

Invest, Spare, Allot, Contribute, Rededicate, Pursue, Focus, Allocate, Concentrate, Expend, Spend, Give, Pay, Commit, Dedicate

Christen, Spent, Focus, Inaugurate, Invest, Allot, Contribute, Concentrate, Expend, Allocate, Spend, Rededicate, Give, Commit, Devote

Undertake, Donate, Invest, Spare, Allot, Contribute, Pursue, Focus, Allocate, Expend, Spend, Give, Pay, Commit, Dedicate

Consecrate, Take, Bless, Spent, Focus, Inaugurate, Invest, Allot, Contribute, Expend, Allocate, Spend, Give, Commit, Devote

Today we shall devote our lesson to reading.
EEOC offices devote principal investigation and settlement efforts.
How much time do you devote to study?
We devote a chapter to answering this question.
Party and devote to it my lifelong efforts!
Entire television cable networks devote themselves to it.
Devote a prime, sunny spot to growing tomatoes.
We devote much effort to please important people.
Husbands should devote the same energy and time and creativity to making their wives happy that they devote naturally to making themselves happy.
They simply cannot devote the same attentional and learning resources to schoolwork that well children have to devote.

Dedicate a meeting to the United Way campaign.
There are many ways to dedicate this space.
Dedicate time to actively seek out your answer.
Nontraditional teachers dedicate themselves to avoiding both traps.
FTE and dedicate funds towards other district priorities.
Train and dedicate staff to run the program.
And hence they dedicate real effort to it.
We dedicate this offering to your Kingdom work.
First dedicate your mind to the project, then dedicate your time.
Some husbands dedicate songs, some dedicate a Facebook page and some dedicate a wish to their wives on a wedding anniversary.