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Humor vs Appreciation - What's the difference?

humor | appreciation |

As nouns the difference between humor and appreciation

is that humor is mood, temper while appreciation is appreciation.

humor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1763 , (Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz), History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40
    • For some days a fistula lacrymalis had come into my left eye, which discharged an humour , when pressed, that portended danger.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
    • I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.

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    appreciation

    English

    Noun

  • A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
  • * 2014 , Ian Jack, " Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
    • The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England. Our dualism gave us a better appreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?
  • Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
    • His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. —J. R. Green.
  • A rise in value;—opposed to depreciation.

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