Tribute vs Compliment - What's the difference?
tribute | compliment |
An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
* Gray
A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
Extortion; protection money.
A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
(mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
To pay as tribute.
An expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect.
* Milton
* Cowper
(uncountable) Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.
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(ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).
* Prior
As verbs the difference between tribute and compliment
is that tribute is while compliment is (ambitransitive) to pay a compliment (to); to express a favorable opinion (of).As a noun compliment is
an expression of praise, congratulation, encouragement, or respect.tribute
English
(wikipedia tribute)Noun
(en noun)- Please accept this as a tribute of our thanks.
- the passing tribute of a sigh
- The Ancient Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute .
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(wikipedia compliment)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) complire, from (etyl) complereNoun
(en noun)- Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear / So many hollow compliments and lies.
- many a compliment politely penned
- This accomplished man condescended to think of a young girl, and take the pains to talk to her, not with absurd compliment , but with an appeal to her understanding, and sometimes with instructive correction.
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* backhanded compliment * left-handed compliment * with complimentsEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) complimento'' (etyl) ''cumplimiento'', from ''cumplir'', from ''complire'', from (etyl) ''complere .Verb
(en verb)- Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; / Should compliment their foes and shun their friends.