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Plaudits vs Compliments - What's the difference?

plaudits | compliments | Related terms |

Plaudits is a related term of compliments.


As nouns the difference between plaudits and compliments

is that plaudits is (often used in plural) while compliments is .

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.

    compliments

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Good wishes.
    • Please accept this 2011 calendar with our compliments .

    Derived terms

    * with compliments