Appreciation vs Realization - What's the difference?
appreciation | realization |
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 act of realizing; an act of figuring out or becoming aware.
The act of realizing; the act of making real.
The result of an artistic effort.
As nouns the difference between appreciation and realization
is that appreciation is appreciation while realization is the act of realizing; an act of figuring out or becoming aware.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.
realization
English
Alternative forms
* realisationNoun
(en noun)- He came to the startling realization that he had never really known.
- He did not stay around long enough to see the realization of the idea.
- The realization of the plan took several years.
- The painter's realization of her concept was breathtaking.