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Exalt vs Adulate - What's the difference?

exalt | adulate |

As verbs the difference between exalt and adulate

is that exalt is to honor; to hold in high esteem while adulate is to flatter effusively.

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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    adulate

    English

    Verb

    (adulat)
  • To flatter effusively

    • Derived terms

    * adulation * adulator * adulatory ----