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Thankful vs Appreciating - What's the difference?

thankful | appreciating |

As adjectives the difference between thankful and appreciating

is that thankful is showing appreciation or gratitude while appreciating is appreciative: having or showing appreciation.

As a verb appreciating is

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As a noun appreciating is

appreciation.

thankful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Showing appreciation or gratitude.
    • I'm thankful that you helped me out today. How can I ever repay you?
  • (obsolete) Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.

    • Synonyms

    * grateful * appreciative

    Antonyms

    * thankless

    Derived terms

    * thankfully * thankfulness

    appreciating

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Appreciative: having or showing appreciation.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • appreciation
  • * 2005 , Theodore Cheney, Getting the Words Right (page 238)
    • There are so many underlinings, so many exclamation points in the margins, and so much highlighting from my many readings and appreciatings that it looks like a case of severe book abuse. It is not; these are marks of love.