Congratulations vs Greetings - What's the difference?
congratulations | greetings |
Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-30, volume=409, issue=8864, magazine=(The Economist), author=Paul Davis
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As interjections the difference between congratulations and greetings
is that congratulations is expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation while greetings is hello.As nouns the difference between congratulations and greetings
is that congratulations is plural of lang=en while greetings is plural of lang=en.congratulations
English
Interjection
(en interjection)Letters: Say it as simply as possible, passage=Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“
On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?}}