Acknowledgement vs Greet - What's the difference?
acknowledgement | greet |
(British) The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
(British) The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
(British) An award or other expression or token of appreciation.
(British) An expression of gratitude.
(British) A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
(British, telecommunications, computing, networking) A response sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission.
(British, legal) The act of a man admitting a child as his own.
(British, legal) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfilment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.
* 1591 , (William Shakespeare), , Act III, scene 1
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
* '1707, (Joseph Addison), ''Rosamond , Act I, scene 4
To accost; to address.
To meet and give salutations.
* circa 1590 , (William Shakespeare), (Titus Adronicus), Act I, scene 2, line 90
To be perceived by (somebody).
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, title= (Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.
*1933 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Cloud Howe'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), page 312:
*:And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...].
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, page 2:
Mourning, weeping, lamentation.
As nouns the difference between acknowledgement and greet
is that acknowledgement is (british) the act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession while greet is mourning, weeping, lamentation.As a verb greet is
to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token or greet can be (scotland|northern england) to weep; to cry.As an adjective greet is
(obsolete|outside|scotland) great.acknowledgement
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Alternative forms
* acknowledgment (US)Noun
(en noun)- a wedding invitation's acknowledgement
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Synonyms
* confession, concession, recognition, admission, avowal, recognizance, ACKgreet
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Etymology 1
(etyl) . Compare Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Old High German gruozen.Verb
(en verb)- My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
- Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.
- In vain the spring my senses greets .
- (Alexander Pope)
- There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.
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Derived terms
* greeter * meet-and-greetEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), .Etymology 3
From a blend of two (etyl) verbs, (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.Verb
- My maw went potty and started greeting .