Homage vs Appreciate - What's the difference?
homage | appreciate |
(historical) In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.
* 1593 , William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
* Alexander Pope
* 1792 , Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women
* 2006 ,
An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style. Recently, the pronunciation /o??m???/ has been introduced from French for this usage; see hommage, which preserves the French spelling.
* 2002 , Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 6.01)
(obsolete) To pay reverence to by external action.
(obsolete) To cause to pay homage.
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to be grateful or thankful for.
to view as valuable.
to be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect.
* Lubbock
to increase in value.
* Ramsay
As verbs the difference between homage and appreciate
is that homage is (obsolete) to pay reverence to by external action while appreciate is to be grateful or thankful for.As a noun homage
is (historical) in feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.homage
English
Noun
(en noun)- We'll do thee homage , and be rul'd by thee,
Love thee as our commander and our king.
- I sought no homage from the race that write.
- When a man squeezes the hand of a pretty woman, ... she will consider such an impertinent freedom in the light of an insult, if she have any true delicacy, instead of being flattered by this unmeaning homage to beauty.
New York Times
- It’s appropriate that we pay homage to them and the sacrifices they made.
- He likes to tell people that it's a Hitchcockian thriller, but that's kind of like saying Happy Gilmore is a homage to Woody Allen.
Usage notes
* Often used in the construction pay homage to . * Because of the different pronunciations, (term) is sometimes preceded by the article (a) and sometimes by (an).Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* homagerVerb
(homag)- (Cowley)
External links
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* ohmageReferences
appreciate
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(appreciat)- I appreciate your efforts
- You must learn to appreciate time
- To test the power of bees to appreciate color.
- to test the power of bees to appreciate colour
- The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.
- lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money