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Admires vs Likes - What's the difference?

admires | likes |

As verbs the difference between admires and likes

is that admires is third-person singular of admire while likes is third-person singular of like.

As a noun likes is

plural of lang=en.

admires

English

Verb

(head)
  • (admire)

    • Anagrams

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    admire

    English

    Verb

    (admir)
  • (obsolete) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
  • *, II.2.4:
    • The poor fellow, admiring how he came there, was served in state all day long […].
  • * Fuller
    • examples rather to be admired than imitated
  • To regard with wonder and delight.
  • to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence;
  • to estimate or prize highly.
    • to admire''' a person of high moral worth, to '''admire a landscape

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from admire) * admirable * admirer * admiration * admirative

    Related terms

    * admirably

    Anagrams

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    likes

    English

    Noun

    (head)
    • They'd never before seen the likes of them.
    They'd never before seen the likes of him.
    I'd never seen their likes .
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    • Verb

    (head)
  • (like)
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