Adulate vs Supplicate - What's the difference?
adulate | supplicate |
To flatter effusively
To humble oneself before (another) in making a request; to beg or beseech.
To entreat for; to ask for earnestly and humbly.
To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
(Oxford University) To request that an academic degree is awarded at a ceremony.
As verbs the difference between adulate and supplicate
is that adulate is to flatter effusively while supplicate is to humble oneself before (another) in making a request; to beg or beseech.adulate
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(adulat)Derived terms
* adulation * adulator * adulatory ----supplicate
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(en-verb)- to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel
- to supplicate the Deity