As verbs the difference between greet and welcome

is that greet is to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token while welcome is to affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".

As adjectives the difference between greet and welcome

is that greet is great while welcome is whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.

As nouns the difference between greet and welcome

is that greet is mourning, weeping, lamentation while welcome is the act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.

As an interjection welcome is

Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

greet

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) . Compare Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Old High German gruozen.

Verb

(en verb)

To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.

* 1591 , (William Shakespeare), , Act III, scene 1

My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.

* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,

Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.

To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.

* '1707, (Joseph Addison), ''Rosamond , Act I, scene 4

In vain the spring my senses greets .

To accost; to address.

(Alexander Pope)

To meet and give salutations.

* circa 1590 , (William Shakespeare), (Titus Adronicus), Act I, scene 2, line 90

There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.

To be perceived by (somebody).

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Derived terms

* greeter * meet-and-greet

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), .

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete, outside, Scotland) Great.

Etymology 3

From a blend of two (etyl) verbs, (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.

Verb

(Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.

*1933 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Cloud Howe'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), page 312:

*:And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...].

* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, page 2:

My maw went potty and started greeting .

Noun

(-)

Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

References

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Anagrams

* Geordie English Northumbrian English ----

welcome

English

Interjection

(en interjection)

Verb

(welcom)

To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,

To accept something willingly or gladly.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.

:

*(William Cowper) (1731-1800)

*:When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest.

Producing gladness.

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*, chapter=7

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“A very welcome , kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. 

Free to have or enjoy gratuitously.

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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.

The utterance of such a greeting.

Kind reception of a guest or newcomer.

We entered the house and found a ready welcome .

* Shenstone

his warmest welcome at an inn

* South

Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too.

Derived terms

* wear out one's welcome * welcome wagon * you're welcome 1000 English basic words