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Laud vs Hail - What's the difference?

laud | hail |

As nouns the difference between laud and hail

is that laud is praise or glorification while hail is balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.

As verbs the difference between laud and hail

is that laud is to praise, to glorify while hail is said of the weather when hail is falling.

As an adjective hail is

healthy, whole, safe.

As an interjection hail is

an exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

laud

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • or glorification.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Laud be to God.
  • * Tyndals
    • So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same.
  • Hymn of praise.
  • (in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) to praise, to glorify
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke I:
    • And hys mought was opened immediatly, and hys tonge, and he spake lawdynge god.

    See also

    * canonical hours

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    hail

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) haile, hail, from (etyl) ). Root-cognates outside of Germanic include (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
    • Derived terms
    * hailstone * hail storm / hailstorm * hail shaft / hailshaft

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (impersonal) Said of the weather when hail is falling.
    • They say it's going to hail tomorrow.
  • to send or release hail
    • The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes .

    Etymology 2

    The adjective hail is a variant of (from the early 13th century). The transitive verb with the meaning "to salute" is also from the 13th century. The cognate verb heal is already Old English (. Also cognate is whole, from Old English (the spelling with wh- is unetymological, introduced in the 15th century).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to greet; give salutation to; salute.
  • To name; to designate; to call.
  • * Milton
    • And such a son as all men hailed me happy.
    He was hailed as a hero.
  • to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of
    • Hail a taxi.
    Derived terms
    * hailer * hail from

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.

    • Interjection

    (en-intj)
  • An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Hail , brave friend.
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