Difference between Devout and Pious

DEVOUT vs PIOUS: NOUN

Devoutly religious persons, those who are sincerely pious.
Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture.
Fervently believing in or advocating an ideology or position:
Characterized by religious devotion or piety.
Devoted to a religion or to the fulfillment of religious obligations.
Devoutly religious
Fervent or earnest.
Deeply religious
Earnest

Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
Devoutly religious
Earnestly compliant in the observance of religion; reverent or devout.
Showing or characterized by religious devotion.
Expressive of or used in religious devotion; devotional.
Done for the benefit of others or with the intention of encouraging good.
Sincere but wishful or far-fetched.
Self-righteous or sanctimonious.
Professing or exhibiting traditional morality; dutiful.
Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly.
Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety

Sincerely earnest
H.L.Mencken
Yielding a solemn and reverential devotion to God in religious exercises, particularly in prayer; devoted to the worship and service of God; pious; religious; consecrated in spirit.
Expressing devotion or piety.
Sincere; solemn; earnest: as, you have my devout wishes for your safety.

Religious, holy, righteous, saintly. See religion.
Practised under the pretense of religion or for a good end: as, pious frauds.
Dictated by reverence for God; proceeding from piety: said of things: as, pious awe; pious services; pious sorrow.
Having faith in and reverence for the Supreme Being; actuated by faith in and reverence for God; godly; devout: said of persons.
Having or exhibiting due respect and affection for parents or others to whom respect and affection are due; also, pertaining to or consisting in the duties of respect and affection toward parents or others.

Eager, Holy, Enthusiastic, Passionate, Staunch, Avid, Ardent, Fervent, God fearing, Heartfelt, Earnest, Dear, Sincere, Religious, Pious

Self righteous, Pietistical, Pharisaic, Holier than thou, God fearing, Devotional, Worshipful, Prayerful, Reverent, Religious, Pharisaical, Godly, Sanctimonious, Pietistic, Devout

Eager, Holy, Enthusiastic, Passionate, Staunch, Avid, Ardent, Fervent, God fearing, Heartfelt, Earnest, Dear, Sincere, Religious, Pious

Self righteous, Pietistical, Pharisaic, Holier than thou, God fearing, Devotional, Worshipful, Prayerful, Reverent, Religious, Pharisaical, Godly, Sanctimonious, Pietistic, Devout

And yet I myself died a devout Catholic.
Erie enjoyed church and was a devout Christian.
From his childhood Polycarp was devout and compassionate.
Srinivasa Ramaujan, a devout young Hindu and clerk.
Devout Jews are a praying people, glorifying God.
Zahid name meaning in Hindi is Devout, Ascetic.
Whereas, he is a devout member of St.
Christian family, to parents who were devout believers.
Just imagine a devout believer in Orphism and a devout believer in Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism going out to coffee together.
There are very devout Jews, devout Muslims, devout followers of Buddha, Confucius, and so on.

The qadis were usually pious specialists in Islam.
It was miri land of which the State revenues were dedicated to pious uses or the usufruct of which was dedicated to pious foundations.
One IFI targets the moderately pious consumer segment while the other targets the highly pious segment.
Joseph of Arimathea was likely a pious Jewish leader who was acting as a pious Jew in the burial of Christ.
Eventually he comes to the conclusion that what makes pious things pious is the fact that all the gods love it.
Charles was well educated and knew many languages, was just, pious and godfearing, loving the pious and hating evil.
If they were not pious and were embroiled in bad practices how could they seek pious wives?
Mahmood discusses how pious women acquire their identity of being pious by appropriating socially authorized forms of performativity.
We are to be pious, then, as pious as children, but not ignorant.
Baykal went on to say that the prime minister discriminates between pious and non-pious people.