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Welcome vs Appreciate - What's the difference?

welcome | appreciate |

As verbs the difference between welcome and appreciate

is that welcome is to affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!" while appreciate is to be grateful or thankful for.

As an interjection welcome

is Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

As an adjective welcome

is whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.

As a noun welcome

is the act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.

welcome

English

Interjection

(en interjection)

    • Verb

    (welcom)
  • To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,
  • To accept something willingly or gladly.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
  • :
  • *(William Cowper) (1731-1800)
  • *:When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest.
  • Producing gladness.
  • :
  • *, chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“A very welcome , kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. 
  • Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.
  • :
  • *
  • *:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.
  • The utterance of such a greeting.
  • Kind reception of a guest or newcomer.
    • We entered the house and found a ready welcome .
  • * Shenstone
    • his warmest welcome at an inn
  • * South
    • Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too.

    Derived terms

    * wear out one's welcome * welcome wagon * you're welcome 1000 English basic words

    appreciate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (appreciat)
  • to be grateful or thankful for.
    • I appreciate your efforts
  • to view as valuable.
    • You must learn to appreciate time
  • to be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect.
    • To test the power of bees to appreciate color.
  • * Lubbock
    • to test the power of bees to appreciate colour
  • to increase in value.
    • The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.
  • * Ramsay
    • lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * esteem * estimate * understand

    Antonyms

    * depreciate

    Related terms

    * * appreciation * appreciative *

    References

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