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Plaudits vs Plaud - What's the difference?

plaudits | plaud |

As a noun plaudits

is (often used in plural).

As a verb plaud is

(obsolete) to applaud.

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.

    plaud

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To applaud.
    • (Chapman)
    (Webster 1913)