Praise vs Appreciate - What's the difference?
praise | appreciate |
To give praise to.
to be grateful or thankful for.
to view as valuable.
to be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect.
* Lubbock
to increase in value.
* Ramsay
As verbs the difference between praise and appreciate
is that praise is to give praise to while appreciate is to be grateful or thankful for.As a noun praise
is commendation; favourable representation in words.praise
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Synonyms
* SeeAntonyms
* blame * criticize * SeeDerived terms
* damn with faint praise * praiseworthy * sing the praisesVerb
(prais)Antonyms
* blameExternal links
* *Anagrams
* * * * ----appreciate
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(appreciat)- I appreciate your efforts
- You must learn to appreciate time
- To test the power of bees to appreciate color.
- to test the power of bees to appreciate colour
- The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.
- lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money