Carryout vs Compliment - What's the difference?
carryout | compliment |
(US) Food that is intended to be eaten outside the establishment from which it is bought.
An expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect.
* Milton
* Cowper
(uncountable) Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.
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(ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).
* Prior
As nouns the difference between carryout and compliment
is that carryout is (us) food that is intended to be eaten outside the establishment from which it is bought while compliment is an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect.As a verb compliment is
(ambitransitive) to pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).carryout
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Alternative forms
* carry-outNoun
(wikipedia carryout) (-)Synonyms
* takeaway (UK, countable'') takeout (''chiefly North America )compliment
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(wikipedia compliment)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) complire, from (etyl) complereNoun
(en noun)- Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear / So many hollow compliments and lies.
- many a compliment politely penned
- This accomplished man condescended to think of a young girl, and take the pains to talk to her, not with absurd compliment , but with an appeal to her understanding, and sometimes with instructive correction.
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*insultDerived terms
* backhanded compliment * left-handed compliment * with complimentsEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) complimento'' (etyl) ''cumplimiento'', from ''cumplir'', from ''complire'', from (etyl) ''complere .Verb
(en verb)- Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; / Should compliment their foes and shun their friends.