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Gratification vs Recompence - What's the difference?

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Gratification is a related term of recompence.


As nouns the difference between gratification and recompence

is that gratification is the act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart while recompence is .

As a verb recompence is

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gratification

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.
  • That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.
  • A reward; a recompense; a gratuity.
  • Synonyms

    * gladness, queemliness

    Derived terms

    * oral gratification * self-gratification

    recompence

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Verb

    (head)