Respected vs Admired - What's the difference?
respected | admired |
Describing one considered to be deserving of respect, who is due special honor or appreciation.
(respect)
(admire)
(obsolete) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
*, II.2.4:
* Fuller
To regard with wonder and delight.
to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence;
to estimate or prize highly.
As verbs the difference between respected and admired
is that respected is (respect) while admired is (admire).As an adjective respected
is describing one considered to be deserving of respect, who is due special honor or appreciation.respected
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a well respected jurist and his death will be a loss to the profession.
Synonyms
* admired, well-regardedVerb
(head)Anagrams
*admired
English
Verb
(head)admire
English
Verb
(admir)- The poor fellow, admiring how he came there, was served in state all day long […].
- examples rather to be admired than imitated
- to admire''' a person of high moral worth, to '''admire a landscape
