Praise vs Shrink - What's the difference?
praise | shrink |
To give praise to.
To cause to become smaller.
To become smaller; to contract.
* Francis Bacon
* Dryden
To cower or flinch.
To draw back; to withdraw.
* Milton
(figuratively) To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
* Alexander Pope
* Jowett (Thucyd.)
shrinkage; contraction; recoil
(slang, sometimes, pejorative) A psychiatrist or therapist; a head-shrinker.
* 1994 , (Green Day),
As nouns the difference between praise and shrink
is that praise is commendation; favourable representation in words while shrink is shrinkage; contraction; recoil.As verbs the difference between praise and shrink
is that praise is to give praise to while shrink is to cause to become smaller.praise
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Synonyms
* SeeAntonyms
* blame * criticize * SeeDerived terms
* damn with faint praise * praiseworthy * sing the praisesVerb
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Verb
- The dryer shrank my sweater.
- This garment will shrink when wet.
- I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will shrink or draw into less room.
- And shrink like parchment in consuming fire.
- Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip.
- The Libya Hammon shrinks his horn.
- What happier natures shrink at with affright, / The hard inhabitant contends is right.
- They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task.
Synonyms
* (avoid an unwanted task) funk, shirkAntonyms
* (to cause to become smaller) expand, grow, enlarge, stretch * (become smaller) expand, grow, enlarge, stretchNoun
(en noun)- Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink , / That I had less to praise. — Leigh Hunt.
- You need to see a shrink .
- My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me.
- I went to a shrink , to analyze my dreams. He said it's lack of sex that's bringing my down.''
