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Compliment vs Liberality - What's the difference?

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Compliment is a related term of liberality.


As nouns the difference between compliment and liberality

is that compliment is an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect while liberality is the property of being liberal; generosity; charity.

As a verb compliment

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

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

    liberality

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The property of being liberal; generosity; charity.
    • That liberality is but cast away / Which makes us borrow what we can not pay. — Denham.
  • A gift; a gratuity.
    • A prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities .