Celebrate vs Cheer - What's the difference?
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To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep.
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To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites.
(obsolete) The face.
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*:And soo on the morne they were alle accorded that they shold departe eueryche from other / And on the morne they departed with wepynge chere / and euery kny?t took the way that hym lyked best
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*:Heraclitus taking pitie and compassion of the very same condition of ours, was continually seene with a sad, mournfull, and heavie cheere , and with teares trickling downe his blubbered eyes.
(obsolete) One's expression or countenance.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , V.7:
*:‘thorough evill rest of this last night, / Or ill apayd or much dismayd ye be; / That by your change of cheare is easie for to see.’
(archaic) One's attitude, mood.
*1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) VI:
*:And anon he talked with them, and sayde unto them: be of good chere , it is I, be not afrayed.
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*:The parentsfled away with heavy cheer .
(uncountable) A cheerful attitude; gaiety; mirth.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:I have not that alacrity of spirit, / Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have.
That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment.
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*:Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street.
A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.
To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up .
To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
* Dryden
(ambitransitive) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.
In transitive terms the difference between celebrate and cheer
is that celebrate is to perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites while cheer is to infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.As a noun cheer is
the face.celebrate
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Verb
(celebrat)- to celebrate the name of the Most High
- to celebrate a birthday
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- I was promoted today at work—let’s celebrate !
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- to celebrate a marriage
Usage notes
In sense “to conduct ceremonies, to follow a custom”, generally used of festive occasions, such as Christmas and birthdays. For more solemn occasions, particularly certain religious holidays (“holy days”) and commemorations, the term observe is used instead, as in “This office will be closed in observance of Veterans Day.”Synonyms
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* See alsoVerb
- We were cheered by the offer of a cup of tea.
- The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered .
- The crowd cheered in support of the athletes.
- The crowd cheered the athletes.
