Appreciation vs Gratefulness - What's the difference?
appreciation | gratefulness | Synonyms |
A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
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Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
A rise in value;—opposed to depreciation.
The state of being grateful
Appreciation is a synonym of gratefulness.
As nouns the difference between appreciation and gratefulness
is that appreciation is appreciation while gratefulness is the state of being grateful.appreciation
English
Noun
Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
- The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England. Our dualism gave us a better appreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?
- His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. —J. R. Green.