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Decry vs Exalt - What's the difference?

decry | exalt |

In lang=en terms the difference between decry and exalt

is that decry is to blame for ills while exalt is to honor; to hold in high esteem.

As verbs the difference between decry and exalt

is that decry is to denounce as harmful while exalt is to honor; to hold in high esteem.

decry

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To denounce as harmful.
  • * 1970 , Alvin Toffler, Future Shock'', ''Bantam Books , pg. 99:
    • All of us seem to need some totalistic relationships in our lives. But to decry the fact that we cannot have only such relationships is nonsense.
  • * 1970 , Alvin Toffler, Future Shock'', ''Bantam Books , pg. 474:
    • While decrying bureaucracy and demanding participatory democracy they, themselves, frequently attempt to manipulate the very group of workers, blacks or students on whose behalf they demand participation.
  • To blame for ills.

    • References

    * Chambers's Etymological Dictionary , 1896, p. 114 * * *

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    exalt

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To honor; to hold in high esteem.
    • They exalted their queen.
  • To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
    • The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.

    Derived terms

    * exaltedly * exaltedness * exalter

    See also

    * exult

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