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Approbation vs Imprimatur - What's the difference?

approbation | imprimatur |

As nouns the difference between approbation and imprimatur

is that approbation is the act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition while imprimatur is imprimatur.

approbation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition
  • * (rfdate)
    • Many...joined in a loud hum of approbation .
  • * (rfdate)
    • The silent approbation of one's own breast.
  • * 1871 , , Descent of Man , ch. 3:
    • [A]nimals not only love, but have desire to be loved. . . . They love approbation or praise.

    Usage notes

    * Approbation and approval have the same general meaning, assenting to or declaring as good, sanction, commendation; but approbation is stronger and more positive. We may be anxious for the approbation of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the approval of our own consciences.'' ''He who is desirous to obtain universal approbation will learn a good lesson from the fable of the old man and his ass.'' ''The work has been examined by several excellent judges, who have expressed their unqualified approval of its plan and execution.
    (material dates from 1913)

    Synonyms

    * (act of approving) approval, approve, concurrence, consent, liking, sanction * See also

    Antonyms

    * (act of approving) disapprobation

    Related terms

    * approbate * approbative * approbatory

    See also

    * ("approbation" on Wikipedia)

    External links

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    imprimatur

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (label) An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.
  • * 1664 , John Wilson, The Cheats , publication info page:
    • The Cheats · A Comedy · Written in the Year, M.DC.LXII. Imprimatur , Roger L'estrange. Nov. 5. 1663. By John Wilson
  • (by extension) Any mark of official approval.
  • * 1988 , (New York Times), Gay fiction comes home , [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE3D91330F93AA25755C0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3]:
    • Children, the final imprimatur to family life, are being borrowed, adopted, created by artificial insemination.