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Wishing vs Congratulation - What's the difference?

wishing | congratulation |

As nouns the difference between wishing and congratulation

is that wishing is the act of making a wish while congratulation is the act of congratulating.

As a verb wishing

is .

wishing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making a wish.
  • * 1852 , Chambers's Papers for the People (volumes 9-10, page 167)
    • Discourse there was none; only exclamations and interjections, and wishings , wishings, wishings that Bessy were but his own for ever — his dear, dear little wife, as assuredly one day she should be!

    congratulation

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of congratulating.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * congratulate * self-congratulation