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Congratulation vs Appreciation - What's the difference?

congratulation | appreciation |

As nouns the difference between congratulation and appreciation

is that congratulation is the act of congratulating while appreciation is a just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

congratulation

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of congratulating.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * congratulate * self-congratulation

    appreciation

    English

    Noun

  • A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
  • * 2014 , Ian Jack, " Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
  • The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England. Our dualism gave us a better appreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?
  • Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
  • His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. —J. R. Green.
  • A rise in value;—opposed to depreciation.