Acclamation vs Exclamation - What's the difference?
acclamation | exclamation |
A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
The process of electing a person to a post in the absence of other nominees.
(art) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.
(Canada, political) Without opposition in an election.
(political) An oral vote taken without formal ballot and with much fanfare; typically an overwhelmingly affirmative vote.
A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; – also called an exclamation point.
As nouns the difference between acclamation and exclamation
is that acclamation is a shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause while exclamation is a loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.acclamation
English
Noun
(en noun)- On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation , an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. -.
- Acclamation''' medals are those on which laudatory '''acclamations are recorded. -
- With no one running against her, she won by acclamation .