Encomium vs Appreciation - What's the difference?
encomium | appreciation |
Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
* 1763 , (Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz), History of Louisiana'' (1763 tr. of ''L'Histoire de la Louisiane , 1758) (PG), p. 39
*:I rejoined our people, and expected a reprimand for having forced the enemy without orders; though I had my excuse ready. But here I was mistaken; for I met with nothing but encomiums . —
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(rhetoric) A general category of oratory.
(rhetoric) A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
(literature) A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.
A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
* 2014 , Ian Jack, "
Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
A rise in value;—opposed to depreciation.
As nouns the difference between encomium and appreciation
is that encomium is warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute while appreciation is a just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.encomium
English
Noun
(en-noun)- "I never seen their like," was Lassiter's encomium , "an' in my day I've seen a sight of horses.
Anagrams
* ----appreciation
English
Noun
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?
- His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. —J. R. Green.