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Ovation vs Plaudits - What's the difference?

ovation | plaudits |

As nouns the difference between ovation and plaudits

is that ovation is prolonged enthusiastic applause while plaudits is plural of lang=en.

ovation

English

(wikipedia ovation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Prolonged enthusiastic applause.
  • *
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  • (Ancient Rome ) A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.

    • Derived terms

    * standing ovation

    plaudits

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (often used in plural)
  • * 1860 , Henry Brooke, William Peter Strickland, Charles Kingsley, The Fool of Quality: Or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland , page 171:
    • As soon as they had finished, the whole assembly could scarce refrain from breaking forth in loud plaudits , as at the public theatre ; and a humming of mixed voices and patting feet was heard throughout.