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Is there a difference between prayer and hope?

This past Friday, I had this thought while eating my breakfast of two pancakes and a hashbrown. I cannot recall what I was thinking about prior to, but seeing as this question was burning in my mind all day I decided to ask a professor on campus. When I asked him the question, it took him a while to form an answer.

He believed that the difference is that praying requires you to be connected to a higher power while hoping is more passive.

I myself, I am not sure what the difference is, I believe that you can hope for something and be connected to a higher power that is within you. I also believe that with prayer you can do the same thing.

Maybe the difference is a couple of words, I’m not sure, but I’d like to get your opinion on the matter.

Comment below what you think the difference is?