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Adulation vs Idolatry - What's the difference?

adulation | idolatry |

As nouns the difference between adulation and idolatry

is that adulation is flattery; fulsome praise while idolatry is the worship of idols.

adulation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.}}
  • * 1919 , ,
    • 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; [...]

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * adulate * adulator * adulatory

    See also

    * admiration * adoration

    Anagrams

    * ----

    idolatry

    English

    Noun

    (idolatries)
  • The worship of idols.
  • The admiration of somebody or something.

    • Related terms

    * idol * idolater * idolatrous * idolatrously * -latry

    Synonyms

    * adoration * reverence * worship

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    Anagrams

    * adroitly * dilatory English syncopic forms English words suffixed with -latry