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Praising vs Admiring - What's the difference?

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Praising is a related term of admiring.


As verbs the difference between praising and admiring

is that praising is while admiring is .

As nouns the difference between praising and admiring

is that praising is an act of giving praise while admiring is admiration.

As an adjective admiring is

feeling or showing admiration.

praising

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of giving praise.
  • * 2009 , Ken Blanchard, Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition
    • We ask people all the time, “How many of you are sick and tired of all the praisings you get at work or at home?” Everybody laughs, because most of us do not naturally think of cheering each other on.

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    admiring

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Feeling or showing admiration.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • admiration
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
    • What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings , than is that tragical cross
  • * 1847 , Matthew Henry, James Hamilton, Daily communion with God
    • We must keep up a constant worship of God in our families, and in our closets; we must be frequent in holy adorings and admirings of God.