Adulation vs Devotion - What's the difference?
adulation | devotion |
Flattery; fulsome praise.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=3
, passage=Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.}}
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(uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.
(uncountable) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication
(uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
(countable, ecclesiastical) A prayer (often found in the plural)
As nouns the difference between adulation and devotion
is that adulation is flattery; fulsome praise while devotion is religious devotion.adulation
English
Noun
(en noun)- It is still possible to discuss his place in art, and the adulation of his admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of his detractors; [...]