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Fiasco vs Plaudits - What's the difference?

fiasco | plaudits |

As nouns the difference between fiasco and plaudits

is that fiasco is a ludicrous or humiliating situation some effort that went quite wrong while plaudits is (often used in plural).

fiasco

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
  • A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

    • Synonyms

    * (ludicrous or humiliating situation) (l)

    See also

    * fiasci (hypercorrect plural) * fiaschi

    References

    * Concise Oxford Dictionary, s. v. fiasco. * Compact Oxford English Dictionary on-line. * The Word Detective, Issue of Oct 30, 2001. ----

    plaudits

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (often used in plural)
  • * 1860 , Henry Brooke, William Peter Strickland, Charles Kingsley, The Fool of Quality: Or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland , page 171:
    • As soon as they had finished, the whole assembly could scarce refrain from breaking forth in loud plaudits , as at the public theatre ; and a humming of mixed voices and patting feet was heard throughout.