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[slightly different first vowel sound]

“Worship”, as a verb, is ‘(religious) to show respect, devotion and love for a god or deity by praying or doing some rites in a religious (sacred) place; (non-religious) to show very much love and admiration for someone or something’; as a noun, it is ‘the activity of praying or doing some rites by singing songs or chanting hymns, etc. in order to show respect, love and admiration for a god or deity; {mostly in British English} used before the titles or name of  the officials of high rank’,

e.g.

We all worship one god, but by different names!

She absolutely worships that film actor, and watches every of his films … several times!

Every religion has a name for its place of worship.

We bow our heads in worship.

His worship the Mayor is going to visit our school this evening.

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“Warship” (noun & also called ‘battle ship’) is ‘any ship with heavy guns and missiles used in wars/battles’,

e.g.

Every country has a large fleet of warships fully manned all the time.

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