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Compliment vs Bouquet - What's the difference?

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Compliment is a related term of bouquet.


As nouns the difference between compliment and bouquet

is that compliment is an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect while bouquet is .

As a verb compliment

is (ambitransitive) to pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).

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

    bouquet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bunch of flowers.
  • For my birthday I received two bouquets .
  • The scent of a particular wine.
  • This Bordeaux has an interesting bouquet .
  • (mathematics) A bouquet of circles.
  • Derived terms

    * bouquet of circles, bouquet of spheres

    See also

    * nosegay * corsage * posy ----