Thanksgiving vs Appreciation - What's the difference?
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(Canada, US) Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
(Canada, US) The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day: Thanksgiving weekend.
A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
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Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
A rise in value;—opposed to depreciation.
As nouns the difference between thanksgiving and appreciation
is that thanksgiving is an expression of gratitude while appreciation is a just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.As a proper noun Thanksgiving
is thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.thanksgiving
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(wikipedia Thanksgiving) (en proper noun)Derived terms
* American Thanksgiving * Canadian Thanksgivingappreciation
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Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
- The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England. Our dualism gave us a better appreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?
- His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. —J. R. Green.
