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Adulate vs Supplicate - What's the difference?

adulate | supplicate |

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

English

Verb

(adulat)
  • To flatter effusively
  • Derived terms

    * adulation * adulator * adulatory ----

    supplicate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To humble oneself before (another) in making a request; to beg or beseech.
  • To entreat for; to ask for earnestly and humbly.
  • to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel
  • To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
  • to supplicate the Deity
  • (Oxford University) To request that an academic degree is awarded at a ceremony.