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Gesture vs Endearment - What's the difference?

gesture | endearment |

As nouns the difference between gesture and endearment

is that gesture is a motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech while endearment is the act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.

As a verb gesture

is to make a gesture or gestures.

gesture

Noun

(en noun)
  • A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
  • The middle-finger gesture is really a nonverbal swear.
    This Web browser can be controlled with mouse gestures .
  • * Milton
  • Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, / In every gesture dignity and love.
  • An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
  • We took flowers as a gesture of sympathy.
  • * '>citation
  • (obsolete) The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
  • Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by many nations.

    Verb

  • To make a gesture or gestures.
  • My dad said to never gesture with my hands when I talk.
    Never gesture at someone with a middle finger.
  • To express something by a gesture or gestures.
  • He gestured his disgust.
  • To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action.
  • * Hooker
  • It is not orderly read, nor gestured as beseemeth.

    Synonyms

    * gesticulate

    Hyponyms

    * beckon

    See also

    *

    endearment

    English

    Alternative forms

    * indearment

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.
  • * 1913 , , The Vision Splendid , ch. 20:
  • Every step of that walk led Jeff deeper into an excursion of endearment . It was amazingly true that he trod beside her an acknowledged friend, a secret lover.
  • The state or characteristic of being endeared.
  • * 1855 , , North and South , ch. 38:
  • He could not forget the fond and earnest look that had passed between her and some other man—the attitude of familiar confidence, if not of positive endearment .
  • An expression of affection.
  • * 1902 , , The Conqueror , ch. 18:
  • When they were alone he called him "my boy," an endearment he never gave another.

    Synonyms

    * (state or characteristic of being endeared) belovedness * (expression of affection) term of endearment

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