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Benediction vs Congratulations - What's the difference?

benediction | congratulations |

As nouns the difference between benediction and congratulations

is that benediction is blessing (some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward) while congratulations is .

As an interjection congratulations is

expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.

benediction

English

Noun

(wikipedia benediction) (en noun)
  • A short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service.
  • * Milton
    • So saying, he arose; whom Adam thus / Followed with benediction .
  • * Longfellow
    • Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her.
  • The form of instituting an abbot, analogous to the consecration of a bishop.
    • (Ayliffe)
  • A Roman Catholic rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water and formally dedicated to God.

    • Antonyms

    *malediction

    congratulations

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-30, volume=409, issue=8864, magazine=(The Economist), author=Paul Davis
    • , title= Letters: Say it as simply as possible , passage=Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“ On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?}}

    Synonyms

    * See

    See also

    * congrats

    Noun

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