different between praise vs compliments
praise
English
Etymology
From Middle English praisen, preisen, borrowed from Old French proisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin preti? (“to value, prize”) from pretium (“price, worth, reward”). See prize. Displaced native Middle English lofen, loven (“to praise”) (from Old English lofian, compare Middle English and Old English lof (“praise”), see love, lofe, loff), Middle English herien (“to praise, glorify, celebrate”) (from Old English herian), Middle English rosen (“to praise, glorify”) (from Old Norse hrósa).
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?z, IPA(key): /p?e?z/
- Rhymes: -e?z
- Homophones: prays, preys
Noun
praise (countable and uncountable, plural praises)
- commendation; favourable representation in words
- worship
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:praise
Antonyms
- blame
- criticize
- See Thesaurus:praise
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
praise (third-person singular simple present praises, present participle praising, simple past and past participle praised)
- To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
Antonyms
- blame
Derived terms
- overpraise
- underpraise
- unpraised
Translations
Further reading
- praise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- praise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Arispe, Parise, Pearis, Persia, aspire, paires, paries, spirea
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
praise f
- genitive singular of prais
praise From the web:
- what praise mean
- what praise and worship does
- what praise does
- what praise god means
- what praise does to god
- what praises macbeth's castle
- what praise means biblically
- what praise can i play on sunday
compliments
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?mpl?m?nts/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?mpl?m?nts/
- Homophone: complements
- Hyphenation: com?pli?ments
Noun
compliments
- plural of compliment
- Good wishes.
- Please accept this 2011 calendar with our compliments.
Derived terms
- with compliments
Usage notes
- In the sense of good wishes, one is often said to pay or present one's compliments to somebody.
Catalan
Noun
compliments
- plural of compliment
French
Pronunciation
Noun
compliments m
- plural of compliment
compliments From the web:
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- what compliments red
- what compliments blue
- what compliments purple
- what compliments yellow
- what compliments do guys like
- what compliments orange
- what compliments pink
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