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Catcall vs Compliment - What's the difference?

catcall | compliment |

As nouns the difference between catcall and compliment

is that catcall is a shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo while compliment is an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect.

As verbs the difference between catcall and compliment

is that catcall is to make such an exclamation while compliment is (ambitransitive) to pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).

catcall

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo.
  • A shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature, usually made toward women

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make such an exclamation.
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    • , passage=When Susan Seligson thinks about breasts — and, since she’s a DDD-endowed (touché) middle-aged woman who’s been groped and catcalled her whole life, that’s often, too — she thinks about ... her own DDDs. }}

    compliment

    English

    (wikipedia compliment)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) complire, from (etyl) complere

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect.
  • * Milton
    • Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear / So many hollow compliments and lies.
  • * Cowper
    • many a compliment politely penned
  • (uncountable) Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.
  • *
    • 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.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Antonyms
    *insult
    Derived terms
    * backhanded compliment * left-handed compliment * with compliments

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) complimento'' (etyl) ''cumplimiento'', from ''cumplir'', from ''complire'', from (etyl) ''complere .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).
  • * Prior
    • Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; / Should compliment their foes and shun their friends.
    • Antonyms
    *insult