Compliment vs Praize - What's the difference?
compliment | praize |
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 compliment and praize
is that compliment is an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect while praize is .As verbs the difference between compliment and praize
is that compliment is (ambitransitive) to pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of) while praize is .compliment
English
(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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* 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.