Benediction vs Admiration - What's the difference?
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A short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service.
* Milton
* Longfellow
The form of instituting an abbot, analogous to the consecration of a bishop.
A Roman Catholic rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water and formally dedicated to God.
Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.
(obsolete) Wonder or questioning, without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject.
* Lear: Your name, faire Gentlewoman?
Gonerill: This admiration Sir, is much o'th' savour
Of other your new prankes.'' — , I.ii.
(obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
* Shakespeare
Benediction is a related term of admiration.
As nouns the difference between benediction and admiration
is that benediction is blessing (some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward) while admiration is wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.benediction
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Noun
(wikipedia benediction) (en noun)- So saying, he arose; whom Adam thus / Followed with benediction .
- Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her.
- (Ayliffe)
Antonyms
*maledictionadmiration
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Noun
(en noun)Gonerill: This admiration Sir, is much o'th' savour
Of other your new prankes.'' — , I.ii.
- Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration .
