Complimented vs Admired - What's the difference?
complimented | admired |
(compliment)
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
(admire)
(obsolete) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
*, II.2.4:
* Fuller
To regard with wonder and delight.
to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence;
to estimate or prize highly.
As verbs the difference between complimented and admired
is that complimented is (compliment) while admired is (admire).complimented
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(head)compliment
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(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.
Synonyms
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*insultDerived terms
* 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.
Antonyms
*insultadmired
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(head)admire
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(admir)- The poor fellow, admiring how he came there, was served in state all day long […].
- examples rather to be admired than imitated
- to admire''' a person of high moral worth, to '''admire a landscape