Appreciate vs Approbate - What's the difference?
appreciate | approbate |
to be grateful or thankful for.
to view as valuable.
to be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect.
* Lubbock
to increase in value.
* Ramsay
approved
* 1531 , Thomas Elyot, The Boke named The Governour
To give official sanction, consent or authorization
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As verbs the difference between appreciate and approbate
is that appreciate is to be grateful or thankful for while approbate is to give official sanction, consent or authorization.As an adjective approbate is
approved.appreciate
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(appreciat)- I appreciate your efforts
- You must learn to appreciate time
- To test the power of bees to appreciate color.
- to test the power of bees to appreciate colour
- The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.
- lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeSynonyms
* esteem * estimate * understandAntonyms
* depreciateReferences
* * * * *approbate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- And if they wyll allege that all thynge contayned in holy scripture is approbate by the hole consent of all the clergie of Christendoms